The state Assembly on Wednesday passed legislation that would stop the state from sending checks to new homeowners to cover a portion of their school-property-tax bill. The bill is a response to ongoing problems with the STAR rebate checks arriving late to homeowners who had to pay their school taxes last fall.
“We should provide homeowners with property-tax relief in the most convenient form possible; not create unnecessary hardships for hardworking families,” Assemblyman Kenneth Zebrowski, D-New City, Rockland County, said in a statement.
The measure now heads to the Republican-led Senate, where it has picked up support from some GOP suburban members, including Terrence Murphy of the Hudson Valley and Rich Funke of the Rochester area.
