---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the green roof tax abatement in a city of one million or more persons"
description: "Relates to raising the tax abatement rate and extending certain deadlines for purposes of the green roof tax abatement for certain properties in a city of one million or more persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6409"
citation: "New York S 6409 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Liu"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-04-18"
last_action: "2024-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb39cec2-21d8-4760-8411-25c40c117894"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6409"
source_hash: "04a226e7c0ddabf2d9f84381a2ebeb0a22db73dddedd277ead948e288c48351e"
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 6409 (2023-2024) — Relates to the green roof tax abatement in a city of one million or more persons

Relates to raising the tax abatement rate and extending certain deadlines for purposes of the green roof tax abatement for certain properties in a city of one million or more persons.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6409** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6409&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S6409A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S6409A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Local Government Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote - Version: A — **22–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Liu — primary (person)
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — cosponsor (person)
- Cordell Cleare — cosponsor (person)
- Iwen Chu — cosponsor (person)
- James Sanders Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Nathalia Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Pete Harckham — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Rolison — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-18** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** PRINT NUMBER 6409A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-08** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1756
- **2023-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-08** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** 1ST REPORT CAL.696
- **2024-03-20** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-03-21** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-04-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-04-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-04-02** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6901A
- **2024-05-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.103
- **2024-05-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-06-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-28** SIGNED CHAP.154 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb39cec2-21d8-4760-8411-25c40c117894`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).