Albany's Property Tax Double-Cross
The State Senate passed legislation supported by Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins that allows school districts to increase school district spending and property taxes against the will of local voters.
If school district voters reject their school budget, state law will require school districts to reduce spending by .4% this year. Andrea Stewart-Cousins' legislation would allow school districts to increase spending by more than 3%--even if voters reject the school district's budget.
After the State Assembly said it wouldn't pass this legislation, Andrea Stewart-Cousins and the Senate Democrats included it in their State Budget plan and passed it on a Party line vote.
Could you imagine them doing this in Westchester with the legislative members are overriding votes regarding school budgets.
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