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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 669: Relates to imposing a commercial vacancy tax

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 669 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to imposing a commercial vacancy tax. Primary sponsor: Linda Rosenthal (Democratic). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO CITIES.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Imposes a commercial vacancy tax on vacant or abandoned commercial storefronts located in a city with a population of one million or more of one percent of the assessed value of the property.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Linda RosenthalPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse67
Jeffrey DinowitzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Harvey EpsteinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Steven RagaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Rebecca SeawrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Al TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO CITIES
  2. REFERRED TO CITIES

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source