NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING – TOWN OF RAMAPO INTRODUCTORY LOCAL LAW LOCAL LAW NO. ____-2026 VETERANS TAX EXEMPTION – 100% SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITY
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, will meet on February 11, 2026, at 7:02 o'clock P.M., Prevailing Time, at the Town Hall located at 237 Route 59, Suffern, New York 10901, for the purpose of conducting a public hearing in relation to the following proposed local law:
TOWN OF RAMAPO
INTRODUCTORY LOCAL LAW
LOCAL LAW NO. ____-2026
VETERANS TAX EXEMPTION – 100% SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITY
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Ramapo, County of Rockland, State of New York, as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 253, titled “Taxation,” of the Code of the Town of Ramapo is amended by adding a new Article designated as Article XVIII and titled “Veterans Tax Exemption – 100% Service Connected Disability,” to read as follows:
§253-60. Legislative intent. State Real Property Tax Law §458-a authorizes a municipality to adopt a local law to include the primary residence of any seriously disabled veteran. The intent of this local law is to allow such property tax exemption upon application made by a seriously disabled veteran in accordance with Real Property Tax Law §458-a.
§253-61. Qualification for Exemption. The primary residence of any seriously disabled veteran who:
(a)(i) was discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions;
(ii) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one of the veterans’ services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service; or
(iii) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans’ services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service; and
(b)(i) is considered to be permanently and totally disabled as a result of military service;
(ii) is rated one hundred percent disabled by the United States department of veterans affairs;
(iii) has been rated by the United States department of veterans affairs as individually unemployable; and
(iv) who is eligible for pecuniary assistance from the United States government, or has received pecuniary assistance from the United States government and has applied such assistance toward the acquisition or modification of a suitable housing unit with special features or movable facilities made necessary by the nature of the veterans’ disability and the necessary law therefor shall be fully exempt from taxation and special district charges, assessments and special ad valorem levies, provided that such veteran meets all other requirements of this section.
Section 2. This local law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State.
At said public hearing the Town Board will hear all persons interested in the subject matter thereof.
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that procedures for attending the public hearing by Zoom (for viewing purposes only) will be timely posted on the Town website at www.ramapo.gov.
The Town of Ramapo will make every effort to assure that the hearing is accessible to persons with disabilities. Anyone requiring special assistance and/or reasonable accommodations should contact the Town Clerk.
Dated: Suffern, New York,
January 29, 2026
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF RAMAPO, ROCKLAND COUNTY, NEW YORK