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County staff: state corrections may broaden disabled‑veteran tax exemption; local impact unclear
Summary
Deputy Executive Amenta told the committee that a technical state correction made an exemption non‑optional statewide and a senate budget correction could broaden eligibility to many veterans rated 100% disabled by the VA; local staff estimate "a few thousand" potentially eligible but prior county reviews found few qualifiers under earlier wording.
Deputy Executive Amenta updated the Ulster County Laws, Rules and Government Services Committee on March 12 about state legislation and its local effects on a proposed increase to the county maximum tax exemption for qualifying disabled veterans.
Amenta told the committee…
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