What's happening
This bill exempts hospitals from paying the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax in New York.
Why it matters
Reduces operating costs for hospitals. by exempting them from the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax, potentially freeing up more resources for patient care, staffing, and facility improvements.
May impact funding for public transportation. in the metropolitan region, since the tax is a dedicated revenue stream for the MTA and other transit projects; the exemption could reduce the overall tax base.
Could set a precedent for other nonprofit or critical service organizations. to seek similar exemptions, potentially leading to broader changes in how the tax is applied and who bears the cost of supporting public transit infrastructure.
Highlights policy priorities around healthcare affordability and accessibility. , as the legislature signals a willingness to support hospitals financially amid rising healthcare costs and the challenges faced by the health sector.
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End Hospital Transit Tax
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Referred to ways and means
- Referred to ways and means
Companion bill
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End Hospital Transit Tax
In Senate Committee · Finance · Sponsor Andrew J. Lanza
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6533
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 9, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK, SKOUFIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting hospitals from the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraphs 3 and 4 of subsection (b) of section 800 of the tax law, paragraph 3 as amended by section 1 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2011 and paragraph 4 as amended by section 1 of part YY of chapter 59 of the laws of 2015, are amended and a new paragraph 5 is added to read as follows:
(3) an interstate agency or public corporation created pursuant to an agreement or compact with another state or the Dominion of Canada; [or]
(4) [Any] any eligible educational institution. [An "eligible] "Eligible educational institution" shall mean any public school district, a board of cooperative educational services, a public elementary or secondary school, a school approved pursuant to article eightyfive or eighty-nine of the education law to serve students with disabilities of school age, or a nonpublic elementary or secondary school that provides instruction in grade one or above, all public library systems as defined in subdivision one of section two hundred seventy-two of the education law, and all public and free association libraries as such terms are defined in subdivision two of section two hundred fifty-three of the education law[.]; or
(5) any hospital, as defined in article twenty-eight of the public health law.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02355-01-7
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