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Home/Bills/A 3698New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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A 3698: Authorizes localities to provide for an additional real property tax exemption for senior citizens who meet the income eligibility limits and other criteria to the extent of sixty-five percent of the assessed valuation of such real property.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified December 6, 2025

What A 3698 does, verified December 6, 2025

The bill aims to provide an additional real property tax exemption for certain senior citizens. It allows municipalities to create additional annual income categories and corresponding exemption percentages for households making less than the maximum income eligibility level. These income categories will be based on a schedule that sets exemptions for households with annual incomes between $0 and $3,000, and the exemptions will increase as income levels rise. The exemptions will apply to taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2026.

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Last action: signed chap.581 (2025-12-05)Alert me
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Jaime WilliamsGeorge AlvarezStacey Pheffer AmatoNoah BurroughsPaula Elaine KayJudy GriffinSteven Otis
Recent actions17 total · showing 5
Dec. 05, 2025signed chap.581
Dec. 01, 2025delivered to governor
Jun. 11, 2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
Jun. 11, 2025PASSED SENATE
Jun. 11, 20253RD READING CAL.716
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 30, 2025 · 315 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3698 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, WILLIAMS, ALVAREZ, PHEFFER AMATO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Real Property Taxation AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to providing an additional real property tax exemption for certain senior citizens The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 467 of the real 2 property tax law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 4 to read as 3 follows: 4 (4) Notwithstanding the maximum exemption percentage permitted pursu- 5 ant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision, any local law, ordinance or 6 resolution adopted pursuant to this section may be amended, or a local 7 law, ordinance or resolution may be adopted, to create additional annual 8 income categories and corresponding exemption percentages for households 9 making less than the maximum income eligibility level of such municipal 10 corporation as provided in this subdivision (represented in the herein- 11 below schedule as M) pursuant to the following schedule: 12 ANNUAL INCOME PERCENTAGE OF ASSESSED VALUATION 13 EXEMPT FROM TAXATION 14 Less than (M) but 15 more than (M- $1,000) 50% 16 Less than (M- $1,000) but 17 more than (M- $2,000) 55% 18 Less than (M- $2,000) but 60% 19 more than (M- $3,000); and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06109-01-5 

 A. 3698 2 1 Less than (M- $3,000) 65% 2 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable 3 years beginning on and after January 1, 2025. 

Text of A 3698 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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