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Budget talks are intensifying in Albany as the deadline nears, and they are revealing tensions and divides between Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the…
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Almost 98 percent of school budgets were approved in statewide voting Tuesday, including the majority of school districts asking for overrides of the…
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Local governments and schools say they are struggling over a property tax cap that will allow what amounts to a zero percent increase in tax levies in the…
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Schools across the state are bracing for a potential zero percent growth in their tax levy next year. While the latest provisions of an ongoing tax cap…
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The tax cap adopted by New York State nearly three years ago will likely put a crimp on local governments in 2016. Under the tax cap, levy increases are…
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Leaders of all of the state’s local governments, as well as unions representing teachers and public workers, are warning state lawmakers not to simply…
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Lawmakers are struggling to reach end of session deals, as the corruption scandals and on going federal investigations seem to be hampering their…
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Assembly Democrats say there should be more money for schools and the environment, and major changes to Governor Cuomo’s plan to freeze property taxes.…
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Governor Cuomo’s tax commissioner is set to testify before a legislative budget hearing Monday morning, and he’s expected to get plenty of questions about…
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New York State’s largest teachers union has filed a lawsuit against the state’s property tax cap, arguing it’s unconstitutional.New York State United…