Since January, most meetings of the Glen Cove Board of Education have included discussion about the district’s 2019-20 budget. During its meeting on April 16 those discussions came to a head when …
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By Mike Conn
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4/25/19
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The Long Beach Board of Education voted unanimously on April 11 to adopt a $142 million budget for the 2019-20 school year that is about $2.5 million larger than the current spending plan, and …
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By Bridget Downes
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4/18/19
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As the Long Island Power Authority continues to seek a reduction in its property-tax payments on four National Grid-operated power plants — including the E.F. Barrett Generation Station — Island Park residents met with a Northport-based coalition on April 11 to protest the efforts, which would significantly raise taxes in the communities.
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By Mike Smollins
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4/18/19
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Oceanside and Island Park school officials have presented their proposed budgets for the 2019-20 school year, which emphasize facility repairs and security enhancements. Both districts are proposing budgets with tax-levy increases below the state’s 2.67 percent cap.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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4/11/19
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Eliminating teaching assistants, cutting the frequency of a foreign language program in Rockville Centre’s elementary schools and using existing resources instead of expanding the district’s guidance department raised concerns from the Board of Education at a budget work session on April 4 at South Side High School.
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By Ben Strack
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4/11/19
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For the first time, the Lynbrook and East Rockaway school districts will provide ballots for May’s budget votes and Board of Education elections in both English and Spanish.
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By Mike Smollins
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4/4/19
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North Shore Board of Education trustees last Thursday voted unanimously to adopt Superintendent Dr. Peter Giarrizzo’s $107.8M proposed budget. The adopted 2019-20 budget reflects a 2.8 percent …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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4/4/19
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Upwards of 50 people attended the March 13 meeting of the Glen Cove Board of Education, the first since the proposed $84.6 million school bond failed. The library at Finley Middle School was so …
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By Mike Conn
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3/21/19
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Assistant Superintendent of Business Victoria Galante outlined plans for the program component of the proposed budget for the 2019-20 school year at a Board of Education meeting on Feb. 27. This …
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By Mike Conn
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3/7/19
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Less than a month after voting against a developer’s payment in lieu of taxes request for a $90 million, 172-unit luxury apartment complex in Island Park, the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency board voted to approve it in a re-vote on Feb. 19.
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By Mike Smollins
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2/28/19
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