[Adopted 12-16-1997 by L.L. No. 2-1998 (Ch. 458, Art. IX, of the 1985 Code)]
For the purposes of determining eligibility for a partial veterans exemption from real property taxes under § 458 of the New York Real Property Tax Law and for the purposes of determining eligibility for a veterans alternative exemption under § 458-a of the New York Real Property Tax Law, the following shall apply:
A. 
For the purposes of this section, title to that portion of real property owned by a cooperative apartment corporation in which a tenant-stockholder of such corporation resides and which is represented by his share or shares of stock in such corporation as determined by its or their proportional relationship to the total outstanding stock of the corporation, including that owned by the corporation, shall be deemed to be vested in such tenant-stockholder.
B. 
The proportion of the assessment of such real property owned by such cooperative apartment corporation determined by the relationship of such real property vested in such tenant-stockholder to such entire parcel and the buildings thereon owned by such cooperative apartment corporation in which such tenant-stockholder resides shall be subject to exemption from taxation pursuant to this section, and any exemption so granted shall be credited by the appropriate taxing authority against the assessed valuation of such real property; the reduction in real property taxes realized thereby shall be credited by the cooperative apartment against the amount of such taxes otherwise payable by or chargeable to such tenant-stockholder.
C. 
Notwithstanding Subsection B of this section, a tenant-stockholder who resides in a dwelling that is subject to the provisions of Article 2, 4, 5 or 11 of the New York Private Housing Financing Law shall not be eligible for an exemption pursuant to this section.