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Island Park reveals draft of district budget

The Island Park School District plans to cut $550,560 from its 2012-13 budget in order to remain within the state cap on its tax levy, Island Park Superintendent Dr. Rosmarie Bovino announced at a … more

Aaron Axelson | 4/4/12

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, left, Sen. Hugh Farley, Sen. Kemp Hannon and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos watched as Gov. Cuomo signed the 2012-13 New York State budget.

Belmont's future: A roll of the dice?

Last week, state leaders approved a $132.6 billion budget for 2012-13 that includes funding and a study for the redevelopment of Belmont Park. For many local residents, who've been urging development there for years, the announcement was considered a bout of luck. more

By Jackie Nash | 4/2/12

Tax levy increasing in Oceanside next year

The Oceanside Board of Education adopted the district’s proposed budget last week, finalizing the nearly $134 million spending plan that residents will vote on in May, which includes a $2.46 … more

Alex Costello | 3/28/12

Student petition saves JV cheerleading

At its third budget hearing last week, the Oceanside Board of Education voted unanimously to rescind a proposed cut to the district’s 2012-13 budget that would have removed the junior varsity … more

Alex Costello | 3/21/12

What Medicare and Medicaid fraud cost you, the taxpayer

According to the FBI, Medicare and Medicaid fraud cost the American taxpayer over $80 billion a year. more

3/8/12

Under the new law, if the school district wants to enact a budget that exceeds the tax cap, the spending plan would need to pass public vote by 60 percent — something that has only happened twice in the last five years in Oceanside.

Budget season gets under way in Oceanside

The Oceanside School District began presenting its proposed 2012-13 budget to the public at a Board of Education meeting on Feb. 7. Still in the preliminary stages, the spending plan that was … more

Alex Costello | 2/15/12

George Rand, a Franklin Square resident, is a retired engineering manager and university instructor. He also served with the U.S. Army in the Southwest Pacific during World War II.

Public schools: who’s in charge?

In his budget address, Governor Andrew Cuomo highlighted his two key initiatives for New York State — reducing public-sector pension costs, and implementing an evaluation system for schoolteachers. Gov. Cuomo is the state’s top executive, elected by the people, so who’s supporting his plans? It’s the state’s public workers unions and the teachers’ union — they are suing the governor in court. Did anyone elect the unions to be in charge of the state’s pension and school systems? more

By George Rand | 2/7/12

'Have we seen this movie before?'

On Jan. 14, the New York Times reported that “President Obama on Friday announced an aggressive campaign to shrink the size of the federal government, a proposal less notable for its goal — the fight against bloat that has been embraced by every modern-day president — than for the political challenge it poses to a hostile Congress.” more

Hal Peterson | 2/1/12

Oceanside School District reacts to governor’s budget

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposed budget, which would link increased aid for education to the implementation of new teacher evaluation systems, will not change Oceanside School district’s … more

Aaron Axelson | 1/25/12

Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled his 2012-13 budget proposal last week.

Cuomo reveals 2012-13 budget plan

Last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled his 2012-13 Executive Budget and Reform Plan, which he says will close the $2 billion budget gap and increase state aid to schools and municipalities. … more

Alex Costello | 1/25/12

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