---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the assessor of the town of New Castle, county of Westchester, to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from the Ethical Society of Northern Westchester"
description: "Authorizes the assessor of the town of New Castle to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from the Ethical Society of Northern Westchester; provides a waiver for any interest and penalties accrued in the event that the authorization to exempt is not timely granted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8475"
citation: "New York S 8475 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pete Harckham"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82eafc16-26b7-4cf3-816e-039bfe3b6599"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8475"
source_hash: "c2f13b24fd0854db3657d7b8f11ecd09ffa612013f767cb524ad54e64d024eb1"
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 8475 (2023-2024) — Authorizes the assessor of the town of New Castle, county of Westchester, to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from the Ethical Society of Northern Westchester

Authorizes the assessor of the town of New Castle to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from the Ethical Society of Northern Westchester; provides a waiver for any interest and penalties accrued in the event that the authorization to exempt is not timely granted.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8475** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8475&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–1** (pass) · upper
- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pete Harckham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** 1ST REPORT CAL.470
- **2024-02-27** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-02-28** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-05-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-29** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-05-29** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8430
- **2024-05-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.178
- **2024-05-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-30** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-09-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-09-20** SIGNED CHAP.326 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82eafc16-26b7-4cf3-816e-039bfe3b6599`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).