NY S02574

Amends Real Property Tax Law Section 459-c to expand the definition of "person with a disability" to include individuals who have received a workers' compensation board award for permanent total disability or permanent partial disability.

Adds workers' compensation board orders as acceptable proof of disability, alongside existing documentation including Social Security disability awards, Railroad Retirement benefits, state blind certification, postal service disability pension, and veterans affairs disability pension.

Requires submission of a workers' compensation board order of determination as proof of disability for real property tax exemption eligibility.

Takes effect ninety days after becoming law.