August 2, 2005
Levinson Announces 2006 Property Tax Exemptions Savings
Media Contact: Randolph Yunker - (516) 571-2490
(Mineola, NY) Nassau County Assessor Harvey Levinson today announced that the Department of Assessment approved and applied over 76,000 senior citizens and veterans’ property exemptions to the 2005-06 County Assessment Roll totaling in excess of over $47 million dollars in exemption savings.
The number of exemptions and amount of assessment savings for senior citizens and veterans for each town and city are as follows:
| 2006 SENIOR CITIZEN EXEMPTION FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES |
| TOWN OR CITY |
TOTAL NUMBER OF
EXEMPTIONS |
TOTAL AMOUNT OF
EXEMPTION SAVINGS |
| HEMPSTEAD |
7, 368 |
$5,707,344 |
| N HEMPSTEAD |
1,719 |
$1,712,568 |
| OYSTER BAY |
3,247 |
$2,818,491 |
| GLEN COVE |
- |
- |
| LONG BEACH |
139 |
$114,325 |
| 2006 VETERANS EXEMPTIONS |
| TOWN OR CITY |
TOTAL NUMBER OF
EXEMPTIONS |
TOTAL AMOUNT OF
EXEMPTION SAVINGS |
| HEMPSTEAD |
35,203 |
$19,131,356 |
| N HEMPSTEAD |
9,520 |
$6,892,575 |
| OYSTER BAY |
17,082 |
$10,132,694 |
| GLEN COVE |
881 |
$536,232 |
| LONG BEACH |
890 |
$528,922 |
“I urge homeowners to contact the Department of Assessment at (516) 571-1500 or by visiting our Website at www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/Assessor/ to learn more about these and the other worthwhile property tax exemptions I administer,” stated Assessor Levinson. “The County’s property tax exemption filing period will open on September 1st and close on January 3, 2006.”
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