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Sachem board leans toward $42,500 senior exemption threshold; will hold public hearing
Summary
Trustees debated raising the district senior/disabled income-exemption threshold after public comments from seniors; staff will present two threshold options (including sliding scales) and the board signaled a leaning toward $42,500 as the starting number for a public hearing while preserving further discussion of income-definition options.
The Sachem Central School District Board of Education spent a large portion of its Dec. 17 meeting discussing whether to raise the district’s income threshold for the senior and limited-income disabled property-tax exemption.
The business office presenter explained the current district thresholds (full 50% school-exemption starting as low as $29,000 in older local rules and a phase-out up to $37,400) and noted the state revised thresholds in 2023 (towns/counties used $50,000 start and a $58,400 phase-out). She said towns’ assessors advised incremental changes and explained an "option 2" income definition that would include all retirement income (IRAs, annuities, RMDs) in the calculation, which could offset some…
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