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Valley Stream board breaks tax cap, approves budget

Taxes for village homeowners will rise about $100 next year under the budget approved by the Valley Stream Board of Trustees on Monday night. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 4/17/13

A public hearing on Valley Stream's proposed 2013-14 budget will be held at Village Hall on April 15.

Valley Stream plans to exceed tax cap

Valley Stream’s Board of Trustees has been working on the 2013-14 village budget for several weeks now, and the public will finally get to see the proposed spending plan this Monday night. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 4/11/13

School board: a way to give back

You’ve probably been reading a lot lately about your local school district’s proposed budget for next year. more

4/4/13

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

Cutting the fat . . . and the meat, and the bone

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and many state legislators, view 2011’s tax cap law as one of the crowning achievements of this administration. more

3/28/13

Rockville Centre Board of Education gets budget in line

At a meeting last week, the Rockville Centre Board of Education began finalizing the 2013-14 school budget, cutting $1.3 million in order to keep the increase in spending under the state-mandated … more

By Alex Costello | 3/20/13

High School District Board of Education President Tony Iadevaio called on state lawmakers to relieve some of the pressure on districts.

Valley Stream schools to state: Help us out

About $300 million in additional state aid is expected to make its way to New York’s school when the state Legislature approves a budget later this month, possibly this week. At least some of that should trickle down to Valley Stream’s four districts. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 3/20/13

Civic Law

Q: I’ve been reading a lot lately about a 2% tax cap which the State has imposed on local governments and school districts. But my taxes aren’t going down? What is this all about? A: … more

By A. Thomas Levin | 3/19/13

Tax cap will only hurt schools

The Herald’s thoughtful editorial, “No easy answers in high school district” (Feb. 28-March 6), was spot on. The piece correctly notes the Central High School District’s dilemma of being caught in the middle between its obligation to provide the community with an excellent school system while trying to deal with the state’s attempts to solve its own fiscal problems. more

3/14/13

District 30 residents listened in as Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum Gerard Poole talked about the academic portion of the budget on Feb. 13.

Grant gives programs a boost in District 30

Thanks to a substantial decrease in transportation costs, a performance grant and a half-year freeze in Step salary increases for teachers, the Valley Stream District 30 preliminary school budget for 2013-14 should mean a minor tax increase for residents. more

By Anne Marie Allocca | 2/20/13

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