Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) – Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan was joined by members of the Buffalo Common Council on Tuesday to celebrate the passage and signing of a local law establishing a full city property tax exemption for qualifying veterans with permanent and total service-connected disabilities.
The local law, sponsored by Council President Joel Feroleto and co-sponsored by several other Council members, implements New York State Real Property Tax Law Section 458-a(11), allowing eligible veterans’ primary residences to be fully exempt from city property taxes. Mayor Ryan certified the necessity of immediate passage under Section 3-17 of the City Charter, allowing the Council to consider and approve the legislation without the usual seven-day waiting period.
The Council unanimously approved the law Tuesday during session, and Mayor Ryan signed the law into law later that afternoon…