New York A 6058: Grants real property tax exemption to disabled veterans regardless of whether they served during a "period of war"

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A06058 Summary:

BILL NOA06058 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORFitzpatrick (MS)

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COSPNSRBrabenec, DeStefano, Giglio, DiPietro, Hawley, Tague

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MLTSPNSRBlankenbush, Manktelow

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Amd §458-a, RPT L

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Grants real property tax exemption to disabled veterans regardless of whether they served during a "period of war".

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BILL NOA06058 

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02/26/2025referred to veterans' affairs

01/07/2026referred to veterans' affairs

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6058

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 26, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. FITZPATRICK, BRABENEC, DeSTEFANO, GIGLIO, DiPIE-
 TRO, HAWLEY, TAGUE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BLANKENBUSH,
 MANKTELOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans'
 Affairs

 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to veterans
 alternative exemption

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 458-a of the real
 2 property tax law, as amended by chapter 611 of the laws of 2023, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 (e) "Veteran" means a person (i) who served in the active military,
 5 naval, or air service during a period of war, or who was a recipient of
 6 the armed forces expeditionary medal, navy expeditionary medal, marine
 7 corps expeditionary medal, or global war on terrorism expeditionary
 8 medal, and who (1) was discharged or released therefrom under honorable
 9 conditions, or (2) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one
 10 of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than
 11 bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (3) is a discharged
 12 LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law,
 13 and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
 14 such service, (ii) who was employed by the War Shipping Administration
 15 or Office of Defense Transportation or their agents as a merchant seaman
 16 documented by the United States Coast Guard or Department of Commerce,
 17 or as a civil servant employed by the United States Army Transport
 18 Service (later redesignated as the United States Army Transportation
 19 Corps, Water Division) or the Naval Transportation Service; and who
 20 served satisfactorily as a crew member during the period of armed
 21 conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, to August
 22 fifteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard merchant vessels in
 23 oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04123-01-5

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 1 terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further
 2 to include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada,
 3 Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-
 4 going service or foreign waters and who has received a Certificate of
 5 Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
 6 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the department of
 7 defense, (iii) who served as a United States civilian employed by the
 8 American Field Service and served overseas under United States Armies
 9 and United States Army Groups in world war II during the period of armed
 10 conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one through May
 11 eighth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and who (1) was discharged or
 12 released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (2) has a qualifying
 13 condition, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and
 14 has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
 15 such service, or (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section
 16 one of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other
 17 than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, (iv) who served as a
 18 United States civilian Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support