N.Y. Real Property Tax Law Section 466-M
Ocean rescue squad members in certain municipalities


1.

(a) Real property owned by an enrolled member of an ocean rescue squad, or such enrolled member and spouse, residing in a town with a population between sixty-nine thousand and sixty-nine thousand fifty according to the two thousand twenty census shall be exempt from taxation to the extent of up to ten percent of the assessed value of such property for city, village, town, part town, special district, school district, fire district or county purposes, exclusive of special assessments, provided that the governing body of a city, village, town, school district, fire district or county, after a public hearing, adopts a local law, ordinance or resolution providing therefor.

(b)

For the purposes of this section, an ocean rescue squad shall mean an entity that has been deemed as an emergency rescue squad and first aid squad by resolution of the governing body of each municipality, pursuant to state law or special act of the legislature.

2.

Such exemption shall not be granted to an enrolled member of an ocean rescue squad residing in such town unless:

(a)

the applicant resides in the city, town or village which is served by such ocean rescue squad;

(b)

the property is the primary residence of the applicant;

(c)

the property is used exclusively for residential purposes; provided however, that in the event any portion of such property is not used exclusively for the applicant’s residence but is used for other purposes, such portion shall be subject to taxation and the remaining portion only shall be entitled to the exemption provided by this section; and

(d)

the applicant has been certified by the authority having jurisdiction for the ocean rescue squad, as determined by the governing body of a city, village, town, school district, fire district or county; provided, however, that such governing body shall establish a minimum service requirement for each applicant between two years of service and five years of service. It shall be the duty and responsibility of the governing body of each municipality to determine the procedure for certification.

3.

Any enrolled member of an ocean rescue squad who accrues more than twenty years of active service and is so certified by the authority having jurisdiction for such ocean rescue squad, shall be granted the ten percent exemption as authorized by this section for the remainder of such member’s life as long as such member’s primary residence is located within such applicable town provided that the governing body of each municipality, after a public hearing, adopts a local law, ordinance or resolution providing therefor.

4.

Un-remarried spouses of ocean rescue squad members killed in the line of duty. Any local law or ordinance adopted pursuant to this section may be separately amended, or a local law, ordinance or resolution may be separately adopted to continue an exemption or reinstate a pre-existing exemption claimed under such statutes by an enrolled member of an ocean rescue squad, to such deceased enrolled member’s un-remarried spouse if such member is killed in the line of duty; provided, however, that:

(a)

such un-remarried spouse is certified by the authority having jurisdiction for the applicable ocean rescue squad as an un-remarried spouse of an enrolled member of an ocean rescue squad who was killed in the line of duty; and

(b)

such deceased member had been an enrolled member for at least five years; and

(c)

such deceased member had been receiving the exemption prior to such member’s death.

5.

Un-remarried spouses of deceased ocean rescue squad members. Any local law or ordinance adopted pursuant to this section may be separately amended, or a local law, ordinance or resolution may be separately adopted to continue an exemption or reinstate a pre-existing exemption to an un-remarried spouse of a deceased enrolled member of an ocean rescue squad; provided, however, that:

(a)

such un-remarried spouse is certified by the authority having jurisdiction for the applicable ocean rescue squad as an un-remarried spouse of a deceased enrolled member of such incorporated ocean rescue squad; and

(b)

such deceased member had been an enrolled member for at least twenty years; and

(c)

such deceased member and un-remarried spouse had been receiving the exemption for such property prior to the death of such member.

6.

Application for such exemption shall be filed with the assessor or other agency, department or office designated by the municipality, school district and/or fire district offering such exemption on or before the taxable status date on a form as prescribed by the commissioner.

7.

No applicant who is an ocean rescue squad member who by reason of such status is receiving any benefit under the provisions of this article on the effective date of this section shall suffer any diminution of such benefit because of the provisions of this section.

Source: Section 466-M — Ocean rescue squad members in certain municipalities, (updated Feb. 21, 2025; accessed Mar. 8, 2025).

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Nonprofit organizations
420‑C
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466‑F*4
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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
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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
466‑L
Extension of benefits
466‑M
Ocean rescue squad members in certain municipalities
466‑N
Ocean rescue squad members
467
Persons sixty-five years of age or over
467‑A
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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
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467‑I
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467‑J
Exemption for certain residential properties located in certain counties
467‑K
Senior citizen longtime resident exemption
467‑K*2
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467‑L
Rebate for owners of certain real property in the city of New York
467‑M
Exemption from local real property taxation of certain multiple dwellings in a city having a population of one million or more
467‑N
Assessment relief for disasters
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
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Nuclear powered electric generating facilities
485‑A
Residential-commercial urban exemption program
485‑B
Business investment exemption
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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
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Residential investment exemption
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Residential investment exemption
485‑L
Residential property improvement
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Residential investment exemption
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Residential investment exemption
485‑N
Residential-commercial exemption program
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New residential property exemption
485‑P
Economic transformation area exemption
485‑Q
Residential investment exemption
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Residential reassessment exemption
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Residential reassessment exemption
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Mixed use exemption program for villages
485‑T
Owner occupied residential property exemption program
485‑U
Class one reassessment exemption
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Residential revaluation exemption
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Residential and mixed-use investment exemption
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Newly constructed single-family and multi-family residential exemption
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Vacant residential real property improvement exemption
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Non-profit medical and dental indemnity, or hospital service corporations
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Non-profit corporations operating as health maintenance organizations
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Retirement systems
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Accessed:
Mar. 8, 2025

Last modified:
Feb. 21, 2025

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