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New York state school districts are entering the second budget season under the state’s tax cap, which limits how much schools can increase property taxes each year. more

2/14/13

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

Mental health services are crucial to our schools

Over the past few years, the state and federal governments have made it a priority to improve school students’ physical well-being. more

1/17/13

School budgets in the age of the tax cap

School spending plans passed at a high rate on Long Island and throughout New York state last week, ending the first budget season in which districts were limited by the state’s new tax levy cap. more

5/24/12

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling on school districts to immediately implement a new, state-mandated evaluation system for teachers or risk losing state aid dollars.

Bellmore-Merrick school officials shrug off Cuomo’s threat

Officials in Bellmore-Merrick’s five school districts say they aren’t worried that Governor Cuomo is threatening to withhold a state aid increase if they do not agree on a new, tougher teacher evaluation system within a month. Four of the districts –– the Bellmore, Merrick and North Bellmore elementary districts and the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District –– have already instituted the new system. Meanwhile, officials in the North Merrick Elementary District, which has not implemented it, say they weren’t expecting an aid increase anyway. more

By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com | 1/24/12

Members of the Malverne Village Board were among the 45 Long Island villages represented at the seminar held at LaMarmite Restaurant in Williston Park. Pictured from left were Trustee Mike Bailey, Deputy Mayor Joe Hennessy, Mayor Patricia McDonald and Trustee Patricia Canzoneri-Callahan.

Taxes a hot topic with county officials

The Nassau County Village Officials Association (NCVOA) hosted a seminar in Williston Park on Jan. 10 — and the state’s new tax levy cap law that went into effect in January was a hot … more

By Brian Croce | 1/18/12

The governor is juggling hot potatoes

It wasn’t that long ago when then Secretary of State Colin Powell, speaking about the war in Iraq, repeated that old expression, “If you break it, you own it.” As Gov. Andrew Cuomo enters his second year in office, he will have to deal with the responsibility of owning a large number of state issues. more

10/27/11

Time to pay the piper

Whether it’s Washington, D.C., or Albany, taxpayers are sending a message loud and clear. They want the cost of government reduced, and they want their taxes to go down. more

7/21/11

Cuomo, left was joined by Assemblyman Brian Curran and Sen. Dean Skelos at the signing of the law during a press conference in Lynbrook.

Governor puts property tax cap into law

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed New York's first property tax cap in Lynbrook today, at the home of James and Janet Gannon. “For decades, taxpayers across New York state have been burdened … more

By Mary Malloy and Brianna Isabel Barbieri | 6/30/11

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