Provides that owners of private real property exempt from taxation shall give municipalities notice of intention to sell. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Encourages the preservation and viewing of historic properties by allowing an exemption from local real estate tax in cities of a million or more population, for improvements to historic real property and by requiring certain public access to such property; defines the term "historic real property" as a one, two or three family residence which is owner-occupied and designated by the appropriate agency as a historic landmark and such designation is maintained. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Relates to the training of police officers and firefighters with respect to persons with disabilities and hearing-impaired people. / Sponsor: MCDONALD Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Exempts Orleans county from the requirement that the assessed value of residential real property used for rental purposes take into account the impact of any rent restrictions, affordability requirements or other restrictions prescribed by federal, state or municipal programs. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Authorizes volunteer firefighters from other states to offer and provide their services to fire departments, districts and companies in this state. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Authorize the town of Ramapo to file an application for exemption from real property taxes for a certain parcel of land located in the town of Ramapo, county of Rockland. / Sponsor: CARLUCCI Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Authorizes municipalities to treat unpaid fines for building code, property maintenance and nuisance violations as unpaid real property taxes and to impose a tax lien therefor. / Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Grants volunteer ambulance workers preferential treatment when applying to medical schools within New York state which receive funding from the state where there are applicants of otherwise equal qualifications. / Sponsor: LAVALLE Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Relates to requiring a local referendum prior to legislative action taken to alienate parkland. / Sponsor: MARTINS Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Authorizes the Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church to retroactively apply for real property tax exemptions for certain properties in Smithtown, Suffolk county. / Sponsor: FLANAGAN Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Consolidates the village of Woodbury and town of Woodbury to create the town of Woodbury, leaving the incorporated village of Harriman intact but prohibiting any new villages from being formed within the town limits. / Sponsor: LARKIN Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Ensures compliance with competitive bidding law. / Sponsor: RIVERA Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Authorizes the town of Southold, county of Suffolk, to discontinue the use of certain lands as parklands, which are not currently utilized as parklands. / Sponsor: LAVALLE Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Relates to the period of validity of certificates attesting to the satisfactory completion of an approved police basic training program awarded by the executive director of the municipal police training council. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Grants a $100,000 real property tax exemption to conservation clubs and rod and gun clubs owning land acquired prior to January 1, 2011, having an assessed value of $500,000 or less. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Eliminates the real property tax exemption for fire districts, fire protection districts and ambulance districts developed through industrial development agencies. / Sponsor: LAVALLE Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Establishes the "Public Construction Savings Act"; establishes situations where a project labor agreement is unnecessary to receive an award of a contract where they are the lowest bid. / Sponsor: RANZENHOFER Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Relates to requiring local building and planning regulations to accommodate the use of renewable energy resources such as solar thermal, photovoltaic, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal electric, geothermal ground source heat, tidal energy, wave energy, ocean thermal, and fuel cells using renewable fuels. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Provides that leases of state park lands require the lessee to make payments in lieu of taxes to school districts within which the lands to be leased are located. / Sponsor: MARCELLINO Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain land to the Thiells-Roseville fire district. / Sponsor: CARLUCCI Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT