Category: Media Coverage
The only two cities in Chautauqua County have some of the highest tax rates in the state, according to the Empire Center's 2011 tax burden rankings released last week. The report, which compiles school district, municipal and county taxes, lists J Read More
One of the priciest places to live in New York has among the lowest property tax rates in the state, according to a new report from Empire Center for Public Policy. A small area where Sagaponack Village and Sagaponack School District overlap has a Read More
Upstate and suburban New Yorkers will vote tomorrow on school budgets that, for the first time, will be hemmed in by a property-tax cap. And that cap may well slow tax growth. Which, obviously, is good news. But be forewarned: Property taxpa Read More
New York state owes $72.2 billion for promised health benefits for retired government workers, a 29 percent increase from the year before, according to a financial statement. Future retiree benefit costs rose by $16.3 billion in the fiscal year en Read More
In the next two weeks or so, Buffalo school officials should be getting a decision from the district's April 26 hearing in Albany regarding the legality of the state's suspension of school improvement grants. In the three weeks since that hearing, Read More
A study of tax rates across New York state gives Warren County high marks but shows that some other parts of the region have tax rates among the highest in upstate New York. The comparison by The Empire Center for Public Policy found that the Capi Read More
In New Paltz, the school budget passed with 59.3 percent of the vote. And it still failed. In Elmira, 55 percent of voters agreed to support a 5 percent tax-levy increase. It failed too. While the new property-tax cap has been hailed for keepin Read More