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Ongoing exemption application season and outreach efforts
5:08:27
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Commissioner Niblack discusses the current exemption application season and efforts to increase enrollment in homeowner exemption programs.
- The department is building on last year's success in increasing enrollment in the senior citizen homeowners exemption (SCHE) program.
- Applications were mailed to 42,000 households this year, up from 19,000 last year.
- The focus remains on finding every eligible New Yorker and encouraging them to apply for personal exemptions.
Preston Niblack
5:08:27
Today, right now the Department of Finance is in the middle of the exemption application season.
5:08:31
We're looking to build on last year's success in increasing enrollment in the senior citizen homeowners exemption program.
5:08:38
Last year we mailed CHEEE applications to over 19,000 households and this year we mailed to 42,000 households.
5:08:46
Our focus remains the same and it is to find every eligible New Yorker and encourage them to apply for our personal exemptions.