The state Senate has passed legislation sponsored by the 9th District’s Sen. Christopher J. Connors, Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf and Assemblywoman DiAnne C. Gove that would extend the current disabled veterans property tax exemption to include disabled veteran shareholders and their surviving spouses residing in a cooperative or mutual housing corporation.

“This legislative proposal was introduced to correct a discrepancy in the state, whereby disabled veterans could not receive the veterans…