{"id":433877,"date":"2025-12-08T19:04:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T19:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/433877\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T19:04:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T19:04:36","slug":"new-legislation-offers-property-tax-exemptions-for-eligible-new-york-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/433877\/","title":{"rendered":"New legislation offers property tax exemptions for eligible New York Seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">NEW YORK (WBNG) &#8212; Seniors living in New York may be eligible for up to a 65% property tax exemption, thanks to new legislation designed to make living in New York more affordable. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Governor Kathy Hochul authorized legislation that enhanced real property tax exemptions for seniors who meet specific income eligibility criteria, among other requirements. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The bill will give localities the option to offer real property tax exemptions of up to 65% to seniors living below the maximum income eligibility set by the locality. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Previously, local governments could only offer seniors up to a 50% tax exemption. The increase to a 65% tax exemption could translate to savings of up to $300 annually for the average senior. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Learn more about the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/governor-hochul-authorizes-real-property-tax-exemptions-new-york-seniors\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/governor-hochul-authorizes-real-property-tax-exemptions-new-york-seniors\"> property tax exemption legislation<\/a> on the governor\u2019s website. <\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 WBNG. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (WBNG) &#8212; Seniors living in New York may be eligible for up to a 65% property&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":433878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,24926,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-433877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-google-play","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkcity","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115685508131763464","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}