NY Tax L § 1444 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TAX - Tax Article 31-B - Tax on Real Estate Transfers in the Town of Brookhaven 1444 - Exemptions.

* §  1444.  Exemptions.  1.  The  following  shall  be exempt from the payment of the real estate transfer tax:  (a) The state of New York, or any of its agencies,  instrumentalities, political  subdivisions,  or  public  corporations  (including  a public corporation created pursuant to an agreement  or  compact  with  another state or Dominion of Canada); and  (b)  The  United  Nations,  the United States of America or any of its agencies or instrumentalities.   2. The tax shall not apply to any of the following conveyances:  (a) Conveyances to the United Nations, the United States  of  America, the  state  of  New York, or any of their instrumentalities, agencies or political subdivisions (or any public corporation,  including  a  public corporation  created pursuant to agreement or compact with another state or the Dominion of Canada);  (b) Conveyances which are or were used  to  secure  a  debt  or  other obligation;  (c)  Conveyances  which,  without  additional  consideration, confirm, correct, modify or supplement a deed previously recorded;  (d) Conveyances of real property without consideration  and  otherwise than in connection with a sale, including deeds conveying realty as bona fide gifts;  (e) Conveyances given in connection with a tax sale;  (f)  Conveyances  to  effectuate  a mere change of identity or form of ownership or  organization  where  there  is  no  change  in  beneficial ownership,  other  than conveyances to a cooperative housing corporation of the real property comprising the cooperative dwelling or dwellings;  (g) Conveyances which consist of a deed of partition;  (h) Conveyances given pursuant to the federal bankruptcy act;  (i) Conveyances of real property which consist of the execution  of  a contract  to  sell  real  property  without the use or occupancy of such property or the granting of an option to purchase real property  without the use or occupancy of such property;  (j)  Conveyances  of  real  property,  where the entire parcel of real property to be conveyed is the subject of one or more of  the  following development restrictions:  (1) agricultural, conservation, scenic, or an open space easement,  (2) covenants or restrictions prohibiting development,  (3) a purchase of development rights agreement,  (4)  a  transfer  of  development rights agreement, where the property being conveyed has had its development rights removed,  (5) said real property is subject to the development restriction of an agricultural district or  individual  commitment,  pursuant  to  article twenty-five-AA of the agriculture and markets law,  (6)  real  property  subject  to any locally adopted land preservation agreement, provided said exemption is included in the local law imposing the tax authorized by this article;  (k) Conveyances  of  real  property,  where  the  property  is  viable agriculture  land  as  defined  in  subdivision  seven  of section three hundred one of the agriculture and markets law and the  entire  property to  be  conveyed  is  to  be  made  subject  to  one  of the development restrictions provided for in subparagraph two of paragraph (j)  of  this subdivision  provided  that  said  development restriction precludes the conversion of the property to a non-agricultural use for at least  three years  from  the  date  of transfer, and said development restriction is evidenced by an easement, agreement or other suitable  instrument  which is  to be conveyed to the town simultaneously with the conveyance of the real property; or  (l) Conveyances of real property for open space,  parks,  or  historic preservation  purposes  to  any  not-for-profit  tax  exempt corporation operated  for  conservation,  environmental  or  historic   preservation purposes.  (m)  Conveyances  of  real  property  to  any  tax exempt corporation, incorporated pursuant to  the  not-for-profit  corporation  law  or  the private  housing  finance law, where said conveyance is for the purposes of providing affordable housing opportunities within the town  and  such corporation  is  incorporated  for  the  purposes  of  providing housing opportunities. For the purposes of this paragraph, "affordable  housing" shall  mean  housing  opportunities exclusively for town residents whose income is at or below the median income for the town.   3. In the town, an exemption of two  hundred  fifty  thousand  dollars shall be allowed on the consideration of the conveyance of improved real property  or  an  interest therein and an exemption of one hundred fifty thousand dollars shall be allowed on the consideration of the conveyance of unimproved real property.   4. Primary residential property purchased by one or more persons, each of whom is a first-time homebuyer shall be exempt from  the  payment  of the real estate transfer tax provided that:  (a)  the  primary  residential  property  is within the purchase price limits defined by the state of New York  mortgage  agency  low  interest rate  mortgage  program  in  the  non-target  one  family categories for Suffolk county in effect on contract date for the sale of such property; and  (b) the buyer's household income does not  exceed  the  income  limits defined  by  the  state  of  New  York mortgage agency low interest rate mortgage program  in  the  non-target,  one  and  two  person  household category  for Suffolk county in effect on the contract date for the sale of such property.   5. Such exemption shall be granted only upon application by the  owner of such building on a form prescribed by the town. The application shall be  filed  with the town. If satisfied that the applicant is entitled to an exemption pursuant to  this  section,  the  town  shall  approve  the application  and  the  conveyance  of  such primary residential property shall be exempt from the  real  estate  transfer  tax  imposed  by  this article.   * NB Repealed December 31, 2025