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Board to consider cutting volunteer firefighter/EMS school tax-exemption to two years

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Administrators recommended the board hold a hearing to lower the minimum volunteer service required for a school tax exemption from five years to two, per recent state allowance; if approved by February the change would apply for the 2026–27 school year.

At the Aug. 27 meeting administrators told the Three Village Central School District board they plan to present a local change that would reduce the minimum volunteer service requirement for a school tax exemption from five years to two, consistent with an allowance in New York State law.

Mr. Carlson said the exemption — available to volunteer firefighters and…

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