NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
APPLICATION FOR PAR TIAL EXEMPTION
FROM REAL ESTATE TAXATION
FOR PROPER TY OF PHYSICALLY
F I N A N C E
DISABLED CRIME VICTIMS
NEW YORK
THE CITY OF NEW YORK
DEPAR TMENT OF FINANCE
(A partial real estate tax exemption for disabled crime victims or good samaritans who incurred
n y c . g o v / f i n a n c e
their disability as a result of a crime and have modified their property to meet their special needs.)
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
CHECKLIST BEFORE SUBMITTING
YOUR APPLICATION
THE FOLLOWING IS INTENDED TO SERVE ONLY AS A
GUIDE IN DETERMINING YOUR ELIGIBILITY FOR AN
Avoid a delay in the processing of your application.
EXEMPTION. ALL SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS ARE
Check to make sure that you do the following things
SUBJECT TO REVIEW IN ACCORDANCE WITH SEC-
before submitting your application:
TION 459-B OF THE NYS REAL PROPERTY LAW.
Read the eligibility requirements below to be sure
Property for which an exemption is sought must
that you are qualified
be a one, two or three family dwelling occupied
by a person disabled as a victim of a crime or a
Complete all items in sections 1 and 2 of this
good samaritan disabled as a result of assisting a
application
crime victim.
Have a physician licensed in New York State com-
To qualify, the dwelling must have improvements
plete all items in Section 3 of this application
made which facilitate and accommodate the dis-
abled person’s use and accessibility of the prop-
An applicant who has obtained a certificate from
erty.
the New York State Commission for the Blind and
Visually Handicapped, stating that he or she is
A qualifying crime victim is a person who per-
legally blind, may attach a copy of that certificate
sonally suffers a physical injury as the direct
in lieu of having a physician complete Section 3 -
result of a crime.
Physician Report, if there are no other disabilities
claimed
A qualifying good samaritan is a person who is
not a law enforcement officer, but who either
Attach a copy of either a Police Report pertaining
apprehends a person who committed a crime or
to the crime, a report from the Crime Victim’s
a felony in the samaritan’s presence; or acts to
Board or other evidence that the physical disabil-
prevent or attempts to prevent a crime; or who
ity was inflicted as a result of a crime
assists a law enforcement officer in making an
arrest.
Attach a copy of proof that the disabled person
resides at the property for which exemption is
The qualifying crime victim or good samaritan
sought (ie: Voter Registration Card, utility bill)
may be either the owner, a member of the owner’s
household or a resident of the property for which
exemption is sought.