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Assembly advances East End property tax measures, recognizes volunteer ocean rescue squads
Summary
On Feb. 5, 2025, the Assembly advanced multiple real property tax measures including chapter amendments aimed at residents of Southampton and approved provisions recognizing volunteer ocean rescue squads as first responder equivalents.
The New York State Assembly on Feb. 5, 2025, advanced a package of real property tax measures affecting parts of Long Island's East End and approved a bill to recognize volunteer ocean rescue squad members in a first-responder capacity.
Assemblymember Chiavoni, who identified himself as sponsoring Assembly Bill 2436, said the measure "is going to help individuals and families whose primary residence is located in the town of Southampton." He said a local policy of "100% reassessment in the town" had led to dramatic increases in some homeowners' assessments and that the bill grew out of work begun while he served on the Southampton town council. Chiavoni said he would vote in the affirmative on the chapter amendment.
Chiavoni also spoke in favor of a related real property measure affecting ocean rescue volunteers, saying New York's East End has "several hundred miles of beaches and waterways" served by volunteer organizations whose members train year-round. "We would like to treat them as regular members of our first responder units similar to ambulance as well as firefighters," he said, and he thanked members of the East Hampton Ocean Rescue Squad and Southampton Village Ocean Rescue Squad.
Clerks recorded the floor votes following the explanations. The transcript records these results: Assembly Bill 2436 (Rules Report 93) was advanced and passed (recorded "Ayes, 143; Nos, 0"); Assembly Bill 2437 (Rules Report 94) was advanced and passed (recorded "Ayes, 144; Nos, 0"); and Assembly Bill 2438 (Rules Report 95) was advanced and passed (recorded "Ayes, 144; Nos, 0"). Where the bills' final section was read on the floor, the act's effective date language was recorded as taking effect on Jan. 1 for some measures and immediately for others as read aloud by the clerk.
The floor record shows the measures were advanced as senate bills before the Assembly and received recorded votes; the transcript does not include further floor amendments or implementation details beyond members' floor explanations and the clerks' readouts of the bills' final sections and vote tallies.
Votes at a glance: Assembly Bill 2436 (Rules Report 93) — advanced and passed (Ayes 143, Nos 0); Assembly Bill 2437 (Rules Report 94) — advanced and passed (Ayes 144, Nos 0); Assembly Bill 2438 (Rules Report 95) — advanced and passed (Ayes 144, Nos 0).
