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Assembly Bill A10885

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to benefits for the surviving spouses of firefighters killed in the line of duty

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2025-A10885 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9502
Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §471, RPT L

2025-A10885 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides benefits to the surviving spouses of firefighters killed in the line of duty.

2025-A10885 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10885
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 8, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Real Property Taxation
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to  benefits  for
   the surviving spouses of firefighters killed in the line of duty
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The section heading and subdivision 1 of section 471 of the
 real property tax law, as added by chapter 670 of the laws of 2025,  are
 amended and a new subdivision 2-a is added to read as follows:
   Surviving  spouses  of  police officers AND FIREFIGHTERS killed in the
 line of duty. 1. After the local legislative body  of  a  county,  city,
 town,  or  village  passes  a  local  law, or a school district passes a
 resolution, notwithstanding any other provision of  law,  real  property
 owned by a surviving spouse of a police officer OR FIREFIGHTER killed in
 the line of duty, and constituting the primary residence of such surviv-
 ing  spouse  shall  be  exempt  from taxation to the extent of fifty per
 centum of the assessed valuation  thereof.  Within  such  local  law  or
 resolution, the local legislative body or school district may reduce the
 percentage of exemption authorized pursuant to this section.
   2-A. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "FIREFIGHTER" SHALL INCLUDE ALL
 UNIFORMED  FIRE RANKS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE "NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPART-
 MENT PENSION FUND", AND ALL UNIFORMED FIRE RANKS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF  THE
 "NEW YORK STATE POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM".
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a  law  and  shall  apply  to
 taxable status dates occurring on or after such date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15194-01-6

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