New York - Session 2025-2026
Title: Relates to the use of funds in the New York state climate investment account; repealer
Allows surplus or uncommitted funds in the New York state climate investment account to be returned to ratepayers; establishes a one-year utility bill tax and surcharge holiday and a two-year green energy tax holiday; relates to audits of utility corporations; authorizes the public service commission to reconsider rate increases; grants customers the right to decline smart meters and prohibits such customers from being penalized or charged exercising such right; directs the public service commission to conduct a study analyzing the economic impact of the use of smart meters; relates to costs and expenses of the department of public service and the public service commission; directs the public service commission to develop a formula to determine the average cost to comply with the provisions set forth in article seventy-five of the environmental conservation law; provides for a ratepayer protection tax credit; repeals certain provisions of law relating to the assessment of costs and expenses of the department of public service and the public service commission.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-03-20 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-03-20 | Latest Action | In Assembly Committee |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A 10723 | Relates to prohibiting the construction of certain energy storage systems within five hundred feet of a school or dwelling in N.Y. City | in_committee |
| A 3026 | Relates to the disposition of certain fines and penalties | in_committee |
| S 8818 | Provides protections for telecommunications tower technicians; repealer | enacted |
| A 10724 | Provides an exemption from taxes on income to certain taxpayers who claim at least one dependent under the age of five | in_committee |
| A 10737 | Authorizes an occupancy tax in the city of Kingston | in_committee |
| A 10738 | Provides that income taxes shall be adjusted to account for a cost of living adjustment | in_committee |
| A 10739 | Authorizes the assessor of the town of Babylon to accept an application for exemption from real property taxes from Tiegerman Community Services, Inc. | in_committee |
| A 10745 | Freezes the assessed value of real property owned by persons aged sixty-five or over, for the purposes of determining taxes owed on such property | in_committee |