The Village of Brightwaters utilizes the assessed
valuations established by the Town of Islip for all properties in
the Village for the purpose of setting the tax rolls.
The State Legislature has approved, under Real Property
Tax Law § 458, Subdivision 5(a), that, if the ratio between
the exemption granted under § 458 and the total assessed
value of the real property for which such exemption has been granted
increases or decreases due only to a change in the manner of assessing
real property by a court-ordered full-value assessment, the amount
of the exemption heretofore or hereafter granted shall be increased
or decreased in such subsequent year in the same proportion as the
total assessment has been increased or decreased on all properly filed
veterans exemption applications.