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Woodbury adopts local law to extend assessment reduction to volunteer firefighters and ambulance members living outside the village
Summary
The Village of Woodbury adopted Introductory Local Law 1 of 2025 to allow volunteer firefighters and ambulance volunteers who live outside the village to qualify for a village assessment reduction if they meet enrollment requirements; the change applies only to the village property tax.
Woodbury Mayor Andrew Giacomaza and the Village Board on Jan. 23 adopted Introductory Local Law 1 of 2025, titled “Taxation,” to allow volunteer fire and ambulance personnel who live outside the village to be eligible for a village property-assessment reduction if the municipality’s local law permits it.
The measure implements changes recently made by the state legislature to the Real Property Law that permit municipalities to extend assessment relief to…
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