New York A 4539: Increases the amount of income property owners may earn for the purpose of eligibility for the property tax exemption for persons over sixty-five years of age

Status: REFERRED TO AGING (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 4539

Sponsors: Brian Cunningham, Christopher Eachus, George Alvarez, Karines Reyes, Lester Chang, Manny De Los Santos, Scott H. Bendett, Steve Stern

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A04539 Summary:

BILL NOA04539 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00121

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SPONSORCunningham

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COSPNSRAlvarez, Reyes, Stern, Eachus, Bendett, Chang, De Los Santos

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §467, RPT L

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Increases the amount of income property owners may earn for the purpose of eligibility for the property tax exemption for persons over sixty-five years of age; increases such amount to $75,000.

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BILL NOA04539 

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02/04/2025referred to aging

01/07/2026referred to aging

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4539

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM, ALVAREZ, REYES, STERN, EACHUS,
 BENDETT, CHANG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Aging

 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to increasing the
 amount of income property owners may earn for the purpose of eligibil-
 ity for the property tax exemption for persons sixty-five years of age
 or over

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of
 2 section 467 of the real property tax law, as amended by section 2 of
 3 part K of chapter 59 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (i) if the income of the owner or the combined income of the owners of
 5 the property for the applicable income tax year exceeds the sum of three
 6 thousand dollars, or such other sum not less than three thousand dollars
 7 nor more than [fifty] seventy-five thousand dollars, as may be provided
 8 by the local law, ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to this
 9 section.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00271-01-5

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