The Tompkins County Department of Assessment has begun
mailing Income Verification Program applications to all Enhanced STAR recipients.
Included in the New York State budget for 2018-2019, New York State is now mandating that all Enhanced STAR
recipients participate in the Income Verification Program.
Tompkins County already had approximately 2,800 seniors signed up for this program, so there are only about 1,700 seniors who still need to sign up. If a senior’s neighbor didn’t get a letter from the Department of Assessment, itis probably because they were already signed up for this program.
If a senior does not respond to our first mailing, reminder phone
calls and additional mailings will go out to ensure that all seniors
will register to continue this Exemption.
It is also important to note that seniors who also get a break on
their town/county/school/city/village taxes, must still apply each
year for that exemption in the normal application process. For that
process the Department of Assessment mails out a renewal application in
mid-December, which is then due back by March 1 of the following year.
Jay Franklin
Director of Assessment
Tompkins County Department of Assessment
128 E Buffalo St
Ithaca NY 14850
607-274-5517