NYSAR Awards Program
NYSAR REALTOR® of the Year
2025 REALTOR® of the Year nominating form
Community Service Award
2025 Community Service Award nominating form
Alan Yassky Distinguished Service Award
2025 Alan Yassky Distinguished Service Award nomination form
REALTOR® Honor Society
The REALTOR® Honor Society recognizes board/association members for their involvement during the previous elective year. The Honor Society Report Form must be completed and signed by an officer or executive officer of the board/association. The forms are then sent to NYSAR for verification and approval. If an individual is approved for the award, the pin and certificate are sent to the local board/association. View the REALTOR® Honor Society point chart.
2025 REALTOR® Honor Society report form
Email form to [email protected] or mail to:
Cora Derocher, Meeting Coordinator
New York State Association of REALTORS®, Inc.
130 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12210
Deadline for reporting is Monday, July 21, 2025
REALTOR® Emeritus
A REALTOR® Emeritus is any person who has held membership in the National Association as a REALTOR®, REALTOR® Associate, or a combination of both, for a cumulative period of 40 years in one or more Associations of REALTORS®, is eligible for REALTOR® Emeritus status. Upon approval by the Board of Directors of the National Association of REALTORS®, no further payment of dues is necessary to the New York State Association of REALTORS® or the National Association of REALTORS®. Local boards/associations may waive dues as well.
The dues waiver does not take effect until the following year. For example, members approved as Emeritus at the NAR Mid-Year or Annual meetings in 2017 would have their dues waived starting in 2018. Upon approval, each REALTOR® Emeritus member will receive a congratulatory letter, certificate and 40-year REALTOR® Emeritus lapel pin. In addition, REALTOR® Emeritus is exempt from the Quadrennial Ethics Training requirement. NYSAR reviews the REALTOR® Emeritus list after each meeting of the NAR Board of Directors and publishes the names of the members who have earned this designation.
If you believe that you fulfill the requirements to achieve REALTOR® Emeritus status as defined above and would like to have all future national, state & possibly local dues waived, download the REALTOR® Emeritus application. In most instances, local boards and associations review and submit the applications to the National Association of REALTORS®.
NOTE: All REALTOR® Emeritus applications must be submitted by the deadlines specified by the National Association of REALTORS® each year.
To be eligible, a member must have held membership as a REALTOR®, REALTOR®-ASSOCIATE, or both, for a cumulative period of 40 years.
As a reminder, beginning in 2019, REALTOR® Emeritus status eligibility will be 40 continuous years as a member of the National Association of REALTORS® and each candidate member must also have completed at least one (1) year of service at the National Association of REALTORS® level. Service at the national level is defined as serving as a NAR officer, director, committee member, federal political coordinator, or president’s liaison.