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Central budget passes, new trustees in North Merrick

Bellmore and Merrick voters made their voices heard on Tuesday in the communities' school board elections. more

By Andrew Garcia | 5/21/19

Kate Freeman, near right, pictured last year, led a breakdown of the proposed 2019-20 district budget at this month’s board of education meeting. Superintendent John DeTommaso, far right, said he was excited about some of the district’s new programs.

With state aid flat, school heads propose small tax-levy increase

Residents will cast their votes on the 2019-20 Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District budget on May 21. The $163 million spending plan calls for a 2.17 percent tax-levy increase — smaller than last year’s 2.65 percent hike. more

By Andrew Garcia | 4/11/19

Albany should give taxpayers a break

Every year at this time, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the State Legislature wrestle with the state budget, facing an April 1 deadline to get it done. This year . . . more

3/22/19

Be a part of the school budget process

It’s school budget season, and as districts begin laying out their 2019-20 spending plans, it’s a critical time for residents to attend Board of Education meetings. more

2/7/19

Famous last words: We’re on a budget

Q. We’re planning a large renovation with an architect, and wondering when to get a contractor for estimates and an interior designer to go over everything? We have a limited budget and . . . more

By Monte Leeper | 11/17/18

Levittown resident Chris Wright, center, facing podium, asked the Town Board about the practice of banking on employee retirements to fund tax cuts in their 2019 budget at the Town of Hempstead budget hearing last week.

Hempstead Town Board passes $432.5 million budget

The Republican-majority Hempstead Town Board on Oct. 30 passed its $432.5-million budget by a vote of 6-1. Town Supervisor Laura Gillen, a Democrat, did not endorse the spending plan, which, she said, relied on uncertain savings to fund an $11-million tax cut. more

By Erik Hawkins | 11/10/18

Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen on Oct. 23 offered a “compromise budget,” incorporating some of the changes the Republican-majority Town Board added to her original budget.

Gillen offers 'compromise' Hempstead budget

Days before the Town of Hempstead’s pair of public budget hearings, Supervisor Laura Gillen proposed what she called a “compromise budget,” incorporating some of the additions and cuts the Republican-led Town Board forced onto her budget at an Oct. 16 meeting. more

By Erik Hawkins | 10/25/18

Making the case for Hempstead’s budget

I was elected Town of Hempstead supervisor in 2017 to make our local government more accessible and accountable to residents. Since the first day of my administration . . . more

By Laura Gillen | 10/19/18

Receiver of taxes Don Clavin, a Republican, at lectern, helped the Republican-majority Town Board roll out its own budget countering Supervisor Laura Gillen’s 2019 spending plan at a news conference on Monday. From left were Town Board members Bruce Blakeman, Dorothy Goosby, Ed Ambrosino, Anthony D’Esposito, Dennis Dunne and Erin King Sweeney. Goosby was the lone Democrat among them.

Hempstead Town Board nixes Gillen's proposed budget

On Monday, Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen, a Democrat, was expected to present her tentative 2019 budget to the Town Board. However, just before Monday’s special meeting began, the other six members of the Republican-controlled board held a news conference, announcing that they had their own spending plan, which they said would lower taxes by 4.2 percent. more

By Erik Hawkins | 10/18/18

Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen, in her office in August.

Hempstead Town budget talks begin, with $443M plan

Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen last week submitted her 2019 budget for the town. The roughly $443-million spending plan — Gillen’s first — should make for a small tax reduction for 80 percent of residents, the supervisor said. Gillen, a Democrat, said that her budget would “right the town’s fiscal ship,” after prior fiscal management. more

By Erik Hawkins | 10/11/18

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