N.Y. Real Property Tax Law Section 459
Persons who are physically disabled


1.

After a public hearing, the governing body of a county, city, town or village may adopt a local law or a school district may adopt a resolution, providing for an exemption pursuant to the provisions of this section. Such local law or resolution may provide that an improvement to any real property used solely for residential purposes as a one, two or three family residence shall be exempt from taxation and special ad valorem levies to the extent of any increase in value attributable to such improvement if such improvement is used for the purpose of facilitating and accommodating the use and accessibility of such real property by (a) a resident owner of the real property who is physically disabled, or

(b)

a member of the resident owner’s household who is physically disabled, if such member resides in the real property. A local law or resolution adopted pursuant to this section may provide that the exemption shall apply to improvements constructed prior to the effective date of such local law or resolution.

2.

To qualify as physically disabled for the purposes of this section, an individual shall submit to the assessor a certified statement from a physician licensed to practice in the state on a form prescribed and made available by the commissioner which states that the individual has a permanent physical impairment which substantially limits one or more of such individual’s major life activities, except that an individual who has obtained a certificate from the state commission for the blind stating that such individual is legally blind may submit such certificate in lieu of a physician’s certified statement.

3.

Such exemption shall be granted only upon application by the owner or all of the owners of the real property on a form prescribed and made available by the commissioner. The applicant shall furnish such information as the commissioner shall require. The application shall be filed together with the appropriate certified statement of physical disability or certificate of blindness with the assessor of the appropriate county, city, town, or village on or before the taxable status date of such county, city, town, or village. 3-a. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or any other provision of law, in a city having a population of one million or more, applications for the exemption authorized pursuant to this section shall be considered timely filed if they are filed on or before the fifteenth day of March of the appropriate year.

4.

If the assessor is satisfied that the improvement is necessary to facilitate and accommodate the use and accessibility by a resident who is physically disabled and that the applicant is entitled to an exemption pursuant to this section, the assessor shall approve the application and enter the taxable assessed value of the parcel for which an exemption has been granted pursuant to this section on the assessment roll with the taxable property, with the amount of the exemption as determined pursuant to subdivision one of this section in a separate column. Once granted, the exemption shall continue on the real property until the improvement ceases to be necessary to facilitate and accommodate the use and accessibility of the property by the resident who is physically disabled.

Source: Section 459 — Persons who are physically disabled, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/RPT/459 (updated Apr. 10, 2020; accessed Mar. 23, 2024).

420–A
Nonprofit organizations
420–B
Nonprofit organizations
420–C
Exemption from local real property taxation of certain low income housing accommodations in a city having a population of one million or ...
421–A
Affordable New York Housing Program
421–B
Exemption of certain private dwellings, multiple dwellings and improvements from local taxation
421–C
Exemption of certain new multiple dwellings from local taxation
421–D
Exemption of multiple dwellings financed by the New York state housing finance agency from local taxation
421–E
Exemption of cooperative, condominium, homesteading and rental projects from local taxation
421–F
Exemption of capital improvements to residential buildings and certain new construction
421–FF
Exemption of capital improvements to residential buildings in cities with a population between twenty-seven thousand five hundred and twe...
421–G
Exemption from local taxation of certain multiple dwellings
421–H
Exemption of capital improvements to multiple dwelling buildings within certain cities
421–H*2
Exemption of capital improvements to residential buildings
421–I
Exemption of capital improvements to multiple dwelling buildings within certain cities
421–I*2
Exemption of capital improvements to multiple dwelling buildings within certain cities
421–J
Exemption of capital investment in multiple dwelling buildings within certain cities
421–J*2
Exemption of capital improvements to multiple dwelling buildings within certain cities
421–K
Exemption of certain multiple dwellings
421–L
Exemption of capital improvements to residential buildings in certain towns
421–M
Exemption of certain new or substantially rehabilitated multiple dwellings from local taxation
421–N
Exemption of capital improvements to multiple dwelling buildings within certain cities
421–O
Exemption of capital improvements to multiple dwelling buildings within certain cities
421–O*2
Exemption of capital improvements to multiple dwelling buildings within certain cities
422
Not-for-profit housing companies
423
Phase out of exemption for redevelopment company projects upon the cessation of the tax exemption granted pursuant to contract
424
Institute of arts and sciences
425
School tax relief (STAR) exemption
425–A
Abatement of county taxes in special assessing units
426
Opera houses
427
Performing arts buildings
428
Fraternal organizations
429
Real property used for professional major league sports
430
Interdenominational centers
432
Theatrical corporations created by act of congress
434
Academies of music
436
Officers of religious denominations
438
Trustees of a hospital, playground and library
440
Infant homes
442
Soldiers monument corporations
444
Historical societies
444–A
Historic property
446
Cemeteries
450
Agricultural societies
452
Veterans organizations
454
Indians
455
Exemption option
456
Municipal railroads
457
Exemption for first-time homebuyers of newly constructed homes
458
Veterans
458–A
Veterans
458–B
Exemption for Cold War veterans
458–C
Improvements to property of severely injured members of the armed forces of the United States
459
Persons who are physically disabled
459–A
Improvements to property made pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
459–B
Physically disabled crime victims
459–C
Persons with disabilities and limited incomes
460
Clergy
462
Religious corporations
464
Incorporated associations of volunteer firefighters
466
Volunteer firefighters and fire companies in villages
466–A
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–A*2
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–B
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–C
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–C*2
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–C*3
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–C*4
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–C*5
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–C*6
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–C*7
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–D
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–D*2
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–D*3
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–D*4
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–E
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–E*2
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–E*3
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–E*4
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–F
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–F*2
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–F*3
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–F*4
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–F*5
Un-remarried spouses of volunteer firefighters or volunteer ambulance workers killed in the line of duty
466–G
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–G*2
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–H
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–H*2
Un-remarried spouses of deceased volunteer firefighters or volunteer ambulance workers
466–I
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–J
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
466–K
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
467
Persons sixty-five years of age or over
467–A
Partial tax abatement for residential real property held in the cooperative or condominium form of ownership in a city having a populatio...
467–B
Tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property occupied by senior citizens or persons with disabilities
467–C
Exemption for property owned by certain housing companies or sublessees of the battery park city authority and occupied by senior citizen...
467–D
Assessment exemption for certain living quarters constructed to be occupied by a senior citizen or disabled individual
467–E
Rebate for owners or tenant-stockholders of one, two or three family residences or residential property held in the condominium or cooper...
467–F
Protective and safety devices tax abatement
467–G
Rebate for owners of certain real property seriously damaged by the severe storm that occurred on the twenty-ninth and thirtieth of Octob...
467–H
Partial abatement for certain rebuilt real property seriously damaged by the severe storm that occurred on the twenty-ninth and thirtieth...
467–I
Real property tax abatement
467–J
Exemption for certain residential properties located in certain counties
467–K
Senior citizen longtime resident exemption
467–K*2
Exemption for certain residential property required to participate in the federal flood insurance program
467–L
Rebate for owners of certain real property in the city of New York
468
Fire patrol and salvage corps
469
Assessment exemption for living quarters for parent or grandparent
470
Exemption for improvements to real property meeting certification standards for green buildings
472
Pharmaceutical societies
474
Dental societies
476–A
Railroad passenger stations
477
Tax exemption for industrial waste treatment facilities
477–A
Tax exemption for air pollution control facilities
478
Tax exemption for off-street parking facilities providing underground shelters
479
Fallout shelter facilities
480
Forest and reforested lands
480–A
Taxation of forest land
481
Taxation of land used for agricultural production
482
Quarantined lands
483
Exemption from taxation of structures and buildings essential to the operation of agricultural and horticultural lands
483–A
Farm silos, farm feed grain storage bins, commodity sheds, bulk milk tanks and coolers, and manure storage and handling facilities
483–B
Historic barns
483–C
Temporary greenhouses
483–D
Farm or food processing labor camps or commissaries
483–E
Anaerobic digestion facilities
484
Urban redevelopment corporations and companies
485
Nuclear powered electric generating facilities
485–A
Residential-commercial urban exemption program
485–B
Business investment exemption
485–C
Exemption from taxation of real property used in manufacture of steel in cities of fifty thousand or more persons
485–D
Water-works corporations
485–E
Empire zone exemption
485–F
Banking development districts
485–G
Infrastructure exemption
485–H
Residential investment exemption
485–I
Residential investment exemption
485–I*2
Residential investment exemption
485–J
Residential property improvement exemption
485–J*2
Residential investment exemption
485–J*3
Residential investment exemption
485–J*4
Residential investment exemption
485–J*5
Residential investment exemption
485–K
Residential investment exemption
485–L
Residential property improvement
485–L*2
Residential investment exemption
485–M
Residential investment exemption
485–N
Residential-commercial exemption program
485–O
New residential property exemption
485–P
Economic transformation area exemption
485–Q
Residential investment exemption
485–R
Residential redevelopment inhibited property exemption
485–S
Residential reassessment exemption
485–S*2
Residential reassessment exemption
485–S*3
Mixed use exemption program for villages
485–T
Owner occupied residential property exemption program
485–U
Class one reassessment exemption
485–V
Residential revaluation exemption
485–V*2
Residential and mixed-use investment exemption
485–W
Newly constructed single-family and multi-family residential exemption
486
Non-profit medical and dental indemnity, or hospital service corporations
486–A
Non-profit corporations operating as health maintenance organizations
487
Exemption from taxation for certain energy systems
487–A
Exemption from taxation of conservation improvements to certain residential premises
488
Retirement systems
488–A
Rehabilitation of certain class B multiple dwellings and class A multiple dwellings used for single room occupancy
489
Exemption from taxation of alterations and improvements to multiple dwellings to eliminate fire and health hazards

Accessed:
Mar. 23, 2024

Last modified:
Apr. 10, 2020

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