Exemption applications must be filed with your local assessor's office. See our Municipal Profiles for your local assessor's mailing address.You can get information about your property tax benefits, including: Application status, Current benefit amounts, Proposed benefit for the upcoming tax year. Determine your home's current market value. Though all property is assessed, not all of it is taxable. See a list of common property tax exemptions in New York State. Senior Citizen Homeowners' Exemption (SCHE). Eligibility. Fill in the address of the property for which you are seeking an exclusion. 3. You can apply for a property tax exemption for 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021. You will need to fill out a separate application for each year.