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In the fight against bureaucracy, the taxpayer wins

Last week, taxpayers across Long Island voted on their school districts’ proposed budgets. There are 124 school districts across Long Island, and 95 percent of their spending plans passed. more

5/31/13

The budget's on time. That's the good news.

Within a few days after you read this, New York state will have a new budget. It will mark the earliest budget passage in the past 30 years. more

3/28/13

Central High School District Board of Education Trustee George Haile said he worries that continued budget cuts because of a state-mandated property-tax levy cap will eventually mean reductions to “the things we’re so proud of” in Bellmore-Merrick, meaning programs.

Bellmore-Merrick Central District must cut $2.2M from 2013-14 budget

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District must slash $2.2 million in spending from its 2013-14 budget to meet a state property-tax levy cap imposed by Governor Cuomo in June 2011. That could mean a wide range of cutbacks, from the elimination of summer school for all students except seniors to reconfiguring the anti-drug Athletes Helping Athletes program to reducing the number of junior-varsity games that are played in a season. more

By Scott Brinton | 2/11/13

Support our schools — get involved in their budgeting

Semifinalists in the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search were announced recently, and, as usual, Long Island came up big in the contest. more

1/24/13

North Bellmore School District forms committee to deal with tax cap

As a state-mandated property-tax cap draws nearer, the North Bellmore School District is searching for ways to keep its budget low, without affecting the education that students receive. The tax cap … more

By Deirdre Krasula | 9/8/11

What should schools cut if a tax cap passes?

Seventh-grade sports might have to be eliminated. The nine-period day might be reduced to eight. And teachers might have to be let go. After that, no one’s sure what might happen, but school districts will have to keep cutting. more

Scott Brinton | 6/2/11

Cuomo and Skelos get it right

On Feb. 1, Governor Cuomo delivered his first budget address. It was a no-holds-barred speech in which he admitted that years of dysfunction and mismanagement has driven our state into “functional bankruptcy.” more

by Al D'Amato | 2/11/11

The good, bad and ugly of a property-tax cap

Gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo, the current Democratic state attorney general, recently swung by the Jewel Quinn Senior Center in North Merrick to tout a 2 percent property-tax cap for all municipalities and school districts in New York. more

8/5/10

Gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo, with his daughter Michaela, proposed a 2 percent property-tax cap during a news conference at the Jewel Quinn Senior Center in North Merrick on Tuesday.

At N. Merrick senior center, Cuomo calls for tax cap

New York State Attorney General and gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, stopped off at the Jewel Quinn Senior Center in North Merrick on July 27 with Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, a Republican, to tout a statewide property-tax cap. more

Sari Zeidler | 7/27/10

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