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Home/Bills/S 2561New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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S 2561: Allows a municipality to pass a local resolution to extend the taxable status exemption filing date to match such municipality's grievance date for persons sixty-five years of age or older.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What S 2561 does, verified January 8, 2026

The bill aims to allow municipalities to extend the filing deadline for exemption applications to match their grievance date. This change would enable municipalities to set their own exemption filing deadlines, giving them more control over the process. The bill would also repeal this provision after January 1, 2026. The changes would apply to municipalities, excluding counties.

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Last action: REFERRED TO AGING (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 21, 2025 · 219 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2561 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to allowing a municipality to pass a local resolution to extend the taxable status exemption filing date to match such municipality's grievance date; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 467 of the real property tax law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 8-b to read as follows: 3 8-b. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this chapter, or any 4 general, special or local law, code or charter, the governing body of a 5 municipal corporation other than a county may, by resolution adopted, 6 authorize an extension of exemption applications until such munici- 7 pality's grievance date. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 9 deemed repealed January 1, 2026. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05078-01-5 
Text of S 2561 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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