---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the Ruth AME Zion Church to file with the town of Brookhaven assessor an application for certain real property tax exemptions"
description: "Authorizes the Ruth AME Zion Church to file with the town of Brookhaven assessor an application for certain real property tax exemptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 3451"
citation: "New York A 3451 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe DeStefano"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/289699e7-fb60-4ab2-a67a-3abb2be07df7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A3451"
source_hash: "91d1e92a28733658103aee0a4826816ba4f0e2b56dd55e9b463684f857decb0e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 3451 (2023-2024) — Authorizes the Ruth AME Zion Church to file with the town of Brookhaven assessor an application for certain real property tax exemptions

Authorizes the Ruth AME Zion Church to file with the town of Brookhaven assessor an application for certain real property tax exemptions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A3451** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3451&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joe DeStefano — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-03** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** REPORTED
- **2023-06-01** RULES REPORT CAL.440
- **2023-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.440
- **2023-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-01** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-01** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5796
- **2023-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1295
- **2023-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-09-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-15** SIGNED CHAP.381 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/289699e7-fb60-4ab2-a67a-3abb2be07df7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).