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Senate bill · S8151 (2025-26)

Authorizes the commissioner of taxation and finance to establish segment special equalization rates for certain school districts

Latest action May 29, 2026

New York State Senate

Same as A8605, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Sponsor

Monica Martinez

State Senator, District 4 · Democratic/Working Families

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Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of taxation and finance to establish segment special equalization rates starting in fiscal year 2026 for the Amityville Union Free School District and Farmingdale Union Free School District for the segments of the districts in the towns of Babylon and Oyster Bay.

Summary from NY Open Legislation. How we handle summaries

Amends the Real Property Tax Law.

From NY Open Legislation, the NY Senate and Assembly, and official rosters. This record was last updated Oct 20, 2026. About our data

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Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

Requires the commissioner to establish a special segment equalization rate for Amityville and Farmingdale Union Free School Districts in the towns of Babylon and Oyster Bay.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Up for a vote
  4. Passed one chamber
  5. Passed
  6. Enacted

Committee

Local Government · New York State Senate

Also referred to Real Property Taxation · New York State Assembly.

The sponsor's argument

Why Monica Martinez says this is needed

Farmingdale and Amityville Union Free School Districts cover parts of both Suffolk and Nassau County; the States recent changes to equaliza- tion rates coupled with the fact Nassau County's assessment tax roll has remained frozen the past few years, has left residents in the Suffolk County portion of these districts to pick up the entirety of recent school tax increases. The increase for Suffolk residents in these districts is approximately 17%, meanwhile their Nassau neighbors resid- ing in the same district saw a decrease! This issue has caused an outcry from the public and concerns from school officials about being able to pass their proposed budget. This bill will bring parody to the school tax levy for all property owners in these districts by requiring the State to create a segment special equalization rate in order to ensure everyone is paying their fair share.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Recorded votes

  • Vote: Floor vote

    NY SenateMay 29, 2026Result: passed

    (55) (3) (0) (5)

  • Vote: Committee vote · Local Government

    Senate Local GovernmentMar 10, 2026Result: passed

    (5) (1) (0) (1)

  • Vote: Floor vote

    NY SenateJun 10, 2025Result: passed

    (55) (3) (0) (5)

  • Vote: Committee vote · Rules

    Senate RulesJun 9, 2025Result: passed

    (21) (0) (0) (0)

Full history

  1. May 29, 2026

    Sent to the executive

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

    NY Senate

  2. May 29, 2026

    Passed a chamber

    PASSED SENATE

    NY Senate

  3. May 29, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION

    NY Assembly

  4. Mar 12, 2026

    Advanced to Third Reading

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

    NY Senate

  5. Mar 11, 2026

    2ND Report CAL.

    2ND REPORT CAL.

    NY Senate

Show full history (13 earlier events)
  1. Mar 10, 2026

    1ST Report CAL.503

    1ST REPORT CAL.503

    NY Senate

  2. Feb 27, 2026

    Amend (t) and Recommit to Real Property Taxation

    AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION

    NY Assembly

  3. Feb 13, 2026

    Amend (t) and Recommit to Local Government

    AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

    NY Senate

  4. Jan 7, 2026

    Died in Assembly

    DIED IN ASSEMBLY

    NY Assembly

  5. Jan 7, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

    NY Senate

  6. Jan 7, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION

    NY Assembly

  7. Jun 10, 2025

    Sent to the executive

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

    NY Senate

  8. Jun 10, 2025

    Passed a chamber

    PASSED SENATE

    NY Senate

  9. Jun 10, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION

    NY Assembly

  10. Jun 9, 2025

    In committee

    COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

    NY Senate

  11. Jun 9, 2025

    Ordered to Third Reading CAL.1654

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1654

    NY Senate

  12. May 22, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION

    NY Assembly

  13. May 15, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

    NY Senate