Tax Cap Limitation for 2018 for Towns, Cities, Muncipalities –1.84%–Announced by Comptroller. Inflation Up. Tax Cap Rises Setting Stage for Higher School Property Taxes

WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. From the Office of the New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. July 17, 2017:

The state’s property tax levy growth for local governments with fiscal years ending Dec. 31 will be capped at 1.84 percent for 2018, according to New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office.

The state’s property tax levy growth for local governments with fiscal years ending Dec. 31 will be capped at 1.84 percent for 2018, according to New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office.

The figure affects the tax cap calculations for all counties, towns, fire districts, 44 cities and 10 villages across the state.

“After two years of tax growth being limited to less than one percent, inflation has crept up resulting in the highest allowable levy growth since 2013,” DiNapoli said. “This increase is offset by rising fixed costs and limited budget options. I continue to urge local officials to exercise caution when crafting their spending plans.”

By comparison, property tax levy growth for school districts was capped at 1.26 percent for the 2017-18 fiscal year.

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MASTER PLAN FOR WESTCHESTER COUNTY AIRPORT HEARING JULY 27

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PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED ON DRAFT MASTER PLAN

FOR THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY AIRPORT 

A public hearing on the Westchester County Airport’s draft master plan will be held on Thursday, July 27 at 7 p.m. in the Little Theater at the Westchester County Center.

The public hearing will include a presentation of the draft master plan and an opportunity for attendees to comment on the draft plan.

Doors will open at 6 p.m. and there will be free parking at the County Center parking lot.

WHERE:       Westchester County Center

Little Theater

198 Central Ave, White Plains

WHEN:          Thursday, July 27

                        7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

 

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Latimer: Silver Decision Demands Ethics Reform Now

WPCNR CAMPAIGN 2017. From the Office of State Senator George Latimer. July 14, 2017:

After former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s corruption conviction was overturned yesterday, Senator George Latimer (D-Rye) demanded that Albany take up the ethics reform package that he has been sponsoring in Albany during his tenure in the State Senate.

“Sheldon Silver’s true crime was violating the public’s trust in its elected leaders, and the court’s decision doesn’t change this one bit,” said State Senator George Latimer.
“He used his position of authority to profit himself and for this he deserves punishment to the fullest extent of the law. More importantly, the climate of influence peddling and backroom deals that Silver, Dean Skelos and others, Democrat and Republican,  relied on still needs to be addressed in Albany. So long as Republicans refuse to even hold meetings of the Senate Ethics Committee and block meaningful reforms that I and others have proposed, this will not be the last scandal to rock state government.”
Latimer currently sponsors legislation to crack down on the kind of behavior Silver was originally convicted of, including:
 limiting state legislators’ outside income to 15% of their annual state salary, as is the rule for Members of Congress (S.25 – Sen. Hoylman); and requiring  annual ethics training for all members of the state legislature and the executive branch, and all of their employees (S.919 – Senator Croci).
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