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The Valley Stream board of trustees unanimously adopted its $45.3 million budget earlier this month.

Valley Stream Village Budget 2024-2025: What you need to know

The Valley Stream board of trustees unanimously adopted its $45.3 million budget for the coming fiscal year at a public hearing on April 8. The 2024-2025 budget represents a $1.5 million increase … more

By Juan Lasso | 4/19/24

Valley Stream Mayor Edwin Fare administers the oath of Office to Trustee John L. Tufarelli as his wife Donna Marie Tufarelli, holds the Bible at a village reorganization meeting on April 1.

Valley Stream Village board has reorganization meeting

The village of Valley Stream held its annual reorganization meeting on April 1 to formally install its newly elected officers to the board of trustees as well as reshuffle and renew village … more

By Juan Lasso | 4/12/24

Village of Valley Stream officials recently finalized their upcoming annual spending plan, which raises the tax rate 4.5 percent.

Valley Stream final village budget raises tax rate 4.5%

Following State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s April 2 report identifying the Village of Valley Stream as a municipality under “significant fiscal stress,” the village adopted a revised budget for fiscal year starting June 1 and ending May 31 next year. more

By Jessica M. Semins | 5/12/21

Valley Stream pierces state tax levy cap

The Village of Valley Stream approved a property tax levy increase on Monday that goes well above the state’s cap this year, which will translate to an increase of about $140 on the average homeowner’s tax bill. The measure is a departure from the village’s trend in recent years of using its reserves to pay its bills rather than relying on tax increases. more

By Micah Danney | 4/13/16

Valley Stream in good fiscal health

An exit interview was just conducted after an audit of the Village of Valley Stream’s cash receipts and selected village operations dating from June 1, 2011, to Dec. 31, 2012, by the New York state comptroller’s office (“Village ups financial controls after audit,” April 24-20”). more

5/1/14

Auditors from the New York State Comptroller's office spent several weeks at Valley Stream Village Hall reviewing financial operations.

Valley Stream ups financial controls after audit

Auditors from the state comptroller’s office detailed a number of problems with Valley Stream’s financial operations, most notably how cash is handled, and made recommendations to improve them in a report released earlier this month. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 4/23/14

Valley Stream Trustee Virginia Clavin-Higgins was appointed the village’s deputy mayor on April 7 at the board’s reorganization meeting. Mayor Ed Fare, right, has rotated the position among his trustees over the past four years, with Clavin-Higgins replacing Dermond Thomas.

Valley Stream budget gets green light

When Valley Stream’s new budget takes effect on June 1, residents can expect all of the same services they get now while seeing their tax bills tick upward. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 4/16/14

Valley Stream will hold its annual budget hearing on April 8 at 7:30 p.m. at Village Hall.

Village budget comes in under tax cap

After busting the tax cap last year, Valley Stream officials have no intention of doing the same again as they put the finishing touches on the 2014-15 village budget. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 4/3/14

Valley Stream plows were out in full force on Feb. 3 as a storm dropped about eight inches of snow.

Snow costs pile up in Valley Stream

Few Long Islanders will argue that this has been a rough winter. After a few dustings of snow in December, several major storms have pounded the region since the calendar rolled over to 2014, and that has had an impact on local schools and municipalities. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 2/12/14

Several employees who work for the Village of Valley Stream took a retirement incentive that is expected to lead to personnel savings in the future.

Retirements trim Valley Stream workforce

Five Valley Stream employees have taken advantage of a retirement incentive that is expected to save the village money in future years as high-salaried employees are coming off the payroll. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 2/5/14

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