09/08/2026 Assessment Community Weekly

STAR credit update

We’ve issued about 600,000 2026 STAR credits so far. We’re on track to issue another 300,000 in communities with school tax due dates of September 30 by mid-September.

If you’re approached by a homeowner wondering when they’ll receive their credit, please direct them to the STAR Credit Delivery Schedule for general timeframes.

Important: Our Contact Center representatives cannot provide a specific delivery date. Homeowners may receive their check or deposit before or after their neighbor or family member. To see whether we've already issued their STAR credit, or to see prior years' credits, they should use our Property Tax Credit Lookup tool.

STAR program participants can also use the Homeowner Benefit Portal to check on the status of their registrations.

STAR letters hitting mailboxes

We are continuing to mail the following letter to impacted STAR recipients across the state:

• RP-5300-ENH: Recipients of this letter received a Basic STAR exemption or credit last year, and they are eligible for an Enhanced benefit in 2026. This letter is informational and confirms they are eligible for Enhanced and that they do not have to take any action to receive it.

If you are contacted by a property owner about a letter, please direct them to our STAR Resource Center featuring our new Respond to a STAR letter page. This page is a new resource and as we continue to mail 2026 STAR letters, we'll add them to this page.

You may also contact the Assessor and County Director Hotline by phone at 518-457-9053 or via email at Assessor.hotline@tax.ny.gov for additional assistance. Please remember, assessor hotline resources are for assessors and county directors and should not be shared with taxpayers.