Senior Freeze checks are on their way to mailboxes throughout New Jersey. The state Department of the Treasury’s Division of Taxation began issuing the property tax reimbursements in mid-July, and will continue to do so weekly as more applications are filed and approved.

The Senior Freeze program is designed to relieve the burden of increasing property taxes for certain residents by establishing a base year of eligibility, and “freezing” the property tax at that level by comparing that base with…