---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to authorizing the World Restoration Center Inc. to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status"
description: "Authorizes the assessor of Nassau county to grant the World Restoration Center Inc. retroactive real property tax exempt status upon an application therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 5176"
citation: "New York S 5176 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Thomas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-24"
last_action: "2023-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ecc228b-277d-428f-b185-3ce2b040489e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S5176"
source_hash: "fe3ef5a62436c4e50909d50b40ec3fceb72240b2eb95a031d369abc26b5653f8"
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 S 5176 (2023-2024) — Relates to authorizing the World Restoration Center Inc. to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status

Authorizes the assessor of Nassau county to grant the World Restoration Center Inc. retroactive real property tax exempt status upon an application therefor.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5176** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5176&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–1** (pass) · upper
- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kevin Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-24** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** 1ST REPORT CAL.558
- **2023-03-22** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-03-23** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-03-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-03-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-28** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5298
- **2023-05-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.200
- **2023-05-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-22** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-09-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-15** SIGNED CHAP.432 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ecc228b-277d-428f-b185-3ce2b040489e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).