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Assemblyman Abinanti Calls for State to Pay for Veterans School Property Tax Exemption

Assemblyman Tom Abinanti (D-Greenburgh/Mt. Pleasant) today called for the state to pay for the cost of implementing the newly enacted veterans school property tax exemption. In a letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo, Abinanti asked that the Governor include appropriate language and sufficient money in his 21-day budget amendments for the state to cover the cost of implementing the veteran’s tax exemption on behalf of all of the state’s school districts.

 

“It is becoming clear that there will be a significant shift in tax burden to the non-veteran property taxpayers in many school districts – especially in small school districts,” said Abinanti. “Understandably, some districts may decline to offer the exemption, which defeats the state policy of providing these benefits.”

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The law, signed in December 2013, authorizes school districts across New York State to offer a partial property tax exemption to veterans who served during certain periods. The new law sets February 28, 2014 as the deadline for school boards to offer the veterans tax break. In some districts, the veterans exemption could shift hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxes from veterans to non-veteran taxpayers – as much as 1% of the tax burden.

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 “It is unfair to those veterans residing in districts that do not offer the exemption,” said the Westchester Assemblyman.





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