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Cuomo deadline puts “double-dippers” on the clock

Governor cracks down on tenants in rent-regulated housing who also seek STAR exemption

Savoy Park in Harlem and Governor Cuomo
Savoy Park in Harlem and Governor Cuomo

Governor Andrew Cuomo is cracking down on dozens of state’s residents who live in rent-regulated housing but are also seeking an exemption on school property taxes.

The state Department of Taxation and Finance found 156 tenants of rent-regulated housing who re-applied for School Tax Relief, also known as a STAR exemption, last year. The administration sent letters to the tenants, providing a deadline of two months to remove themselves from one of the two programs.

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If the home is not the tenants’ primary residence, the landlord of the rent-regulated complex can then move to repossess the unit.

“These programs are meant to deliver much-needed rent and property tax relief to New York residents, and any corruption of the system hurts the hard-working tenants and homeowners who follow the rules,” Cuomo said, as cited by the New York Daily News. [NYDN] — Mark Maurer

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