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Yorktown board to hold public hearing on proposed veterans, first‑responder tax exemptions
Summary
After staff presented estimated fiscal impacts, the board agreed to hold a public hearing on requests to grant property‑tax exemptions for volunteer first responders, Cold War veterans and surviving spouses of fallen officers; staff estimated a 5% volunteer exemption would cost the district about $19,575 and that combined proposals could raise other taxpayers' rates by roughly 0.3%.
The Yorktown Central School District Board of Education agreed March 16 to schedule a public hearing to gather community input on several proposed property‑tax exemptions, including for volunteer firefighters and ambulance corps, Cold War veterans, disabled Cold War veterans and a recent state option for surviving spouses of fallen police officers.
Lisa Sanfilippo and other administrators presented fiscal…
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