FROM DA’S OFFICE
Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe and Rockland County town supervisors will announce a major initiative designed to eliminate sweeping fraud and abuse of the New York State STAR program.
A recent audit of local homeowners has identified hundreds of cases of improperly or fraudulently claimed STAR exemptions in each of Rockland’s five towns.
Suspected misuse and those who knowingly “double-dip” STAR exemptions cost New York taxpayers millions each year and will be targeted.