New York S 5588: Expands the Gold Star exemption

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S05588 Summary:

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Expands the Gold Star exemption by including the War on Terror as a qualifying period of war and allows for the exemption where the Gold Star Parent's child has died in the United States from a service-connected disability.

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02/25/2025REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5588

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
 ty and Military Affairs

 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to expanding the
 Gold Star exemption

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 458-a of the real
 2 property tax law, as amended by chapter 606 of the laws of 2021, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 (a) "Period of war" means the Spanish-American war; the Mexican border
 5 period; World War I; World War II; the hostilities, known as the Korean
 6 war, which commenced June twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred fifty and
 7 terminated on January thirty-first, nineteen hundred fifty-five; the
 8 hostilities, known as the Vietnam war, which commenced November first,
 9 nineteen hundred fifty-five and terminated on May seventh, nineteen
 10 hundred seventy-five; [and] the hostilities, known as the Persian Gulf
 11 conflict, which commenced August second, nineteen hundred ninety; and
 12 the hostilities, known as the War on Terror, which commenced October
 13 seventh, two thousand one.
 14 § 2. Subdivision 7 of section 458-a of the real property tax law is
 15 amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
 16 (d) Notwithstanding any provisions of this section, if the Gold Star
 17 Parent's child has died in the United States from a service-connected
 18 disability, the exemption granted in this section, shall be granted to
 19 the Gold Star Parent.
 20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
 21 years beginning on or after January 1, 2025.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09438-01-5

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