Schneiderman: Recent vets missing out on tax break

ALBANY

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says some military veterans who qualify for a special tax break have been wrongly steered away from the program by ill-informed local officials.

Schneiderman's office says it is alerting municipal tax authorities that veterans of recent wars are entitled to the state's 15 percent property tax exemption. Combat veterans can get another 10 percent exemption.

Veterans who served in the last 23 years are eligible, including people who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He says some have been turned away because of confusing wording in the tax break law.