NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Education of the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free School District (“New Hyde Park-Garden City Park UFSD”) will hold a public hearing on November 9, 2026 at 8:00 p.m., at the Manor Oaks School, 1950 Hillside Avenue, New Hyde Park, New York 11040, to consider the adoption of resolutions:
(1) implementing a real property tax exemption pursuant to New York Real Property Tax Law § 458-a(11) that will extend a 100% exemption to the primary residence of fully disabled veterans located within the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park UFSD, as determined by the Nassau County Department of Assessment, commencing with the 2027 assessment roll, which will be utilized for the 2027-28 school tax levy;
(2) implementing a real property tax exemption pursuant to New York Real Property Tax Law § 471 that will extend an exemption of up to 50% of the assessment of a primary residence of the surviving spouse of a police officer killed in the line of duty located within the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park UFSD, with eligibility to be determined by the Nassau County Department of Assessment, commencing with the 2027 assessment roll, which will be utilized for the 2027-28 school tax levy;
(3) implementing a real property tax exemption pursuant to New York Real Property Tax Law § 466-a that will extend an exemption of up to 50% of the assessment of the primary residence of the surviving spouse of an eligible volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambulance worker killed in the line of duty after serving two years in a volunteer organization located within the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park UFSD, with eligibility to be determined by the Nassau County Department of Assessment, commencing with the 2027 assessment roll, which will be utilized for the 2027-28 school tax levy;
(4) modifying the real property tax exemption pursuant to New York Real Property Tax Law §467(1)(b)(4) for senior citizens of limited income residing within the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park UFSD, to increase the maximum exemption to 65% of the assessment of the primary residence of a senior citizen with an annual income of less than $47,000 and the minimum exemption to 5% of the assessment of the primary residence of a senior citizen with an annual income of at least $57,500, but less than $58,400, pursuant to a sliding scale, with eligibility to be determined by the Nassau County Department of Assessment, commencing with the 2027 assessment roll, which will be utilized for the 2027-28 school tax levy.