Sentences with phrase «imposed tax cap»

That historic reluctance to raise property taxes in Talbot County — enforced by a voter - imposed tax cap — has caused the county to be penalized by the state education funding formula.

South Huntington's superintendent, however, took issue with the findings by auditors from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office, saying the district was being criticized for exercising careful spending under the limit of the state - imposed tax cap.

So how has the county managed to stay under the state - imposed tax cap and reduce tax rates while still increasing spending to covering costs associated with county programs, services and personnel?

Sadly, the state imposed tax cap carries with it no assumption of the costs of state services delivered locally.»

Residents of the Bridgehampton and East Hampton school districts aren't eligible because the districts» tax increases in 2014 exceeded a state - imposed tax cap.

But funds for capital improvements are scarce, and borrowing power is limited by a state - imposed tax cap.

The episode shows once again why state - imposed tax caps are too blunt an instrument to fix what's wrong with local government finances.

He has been a vocal opponent of the tax imposed on residents and businesses in his district by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and has proposed restructuring the agency and imposing a tax cap.

Mr. Cuomo needs to do a sweep of the extraneous mandates before imposing a tax cap on local communities.

Not exact matches

Other proposals include a carbon tax on gasoline sales, limiting deductibility of state taxes for businesses by imposing the same caps that now apply to individuals, and taxing generous employer - provided health care plans.

He was the rare apparatchik whose name wasn't only known but reviled by members of the public, thanks to his involvement in crafting the National Energy Program, imposing price caps and taxes on oil.

Park officials said the state tax cap, imposed in 1991, has limited their ability to make infrastructure repairs.

One point of contention is a $ 500,000 bond issue passed this fall by the park board just before a state - imposed cap on property - tax increases took effect Oct. 1.

The stats on the minimum wage increase are especially stark and comparable to the sky - high approval voters had last year for imposing a cap on local property tax increases.

In this era of declining school enrollment, increasing costs and tax increases limited by the tax cap imposed by New York State, consolidating school districts seems like a no - brainer.

The plan called for imposing a one - year salary freeze on the vast majority of public employees whose contracts are up for renegotiation as of April 1; holding the line on taxes; and imposing a state spending cap limiting spending growth to the rate of inflation.

Five Long Island school districts, all in Suffolk, are asking voters to approve an override of their state - imposed property tax caps — more than twice as many as last year, according to the state comptroller's office.

Governor Cuomo, in a speech to the county leaders that repeated many of the points of his budget presentation, says he's working on mandate relief that will help the counties live within the recently imposed 2 % property tax cap.

«We need to think through the election rhetoric about imposing a property tax cap,» School Boards Association Executive Director Timothy Kremer said in a newsletter article outlining the projections.

He says it's the only way that counties can live within the 2 % property tax cap imposed by Cuomo and lawmakers last year.

The governor recommends a gradual state takeover of county Medicaid costs in his budget, something the local government leaders had been requesting, saying they could not afford to pay their share of the health care program after Cuomo and the legislature imposed a 2 % property tax cap in 2011.

He itemized and deducted $ 14,336 in state income taxes — more than the $ 10,000 cap imposed by the new federal law — and deducted no property taxes.

The plan called for imposing a one - year salary freeze on the vast majority of public employees whose contracts are up for renegotiation as of April 1; holding the line on taxes; and imposing a State spending cap limiting spending growth to the rate of inflation.

«Now they have rolled over for Andrew Cuomo, the latest son seeking to inherit his father's former office, who refuses to make Wall Street and the rich pay their fair share of taxes, who intends to make war with the public employees union, supports expanding the financial waste of charter schools and wants to impose caps on public spending.

«The state considers approximately one third of all districts in the state as high need, and the additional funding will benefit most school districts in the state, especially in the face of a state - imposed 2 percent property tax cap that restricts local revenues,» Moody's found.

Kermit the Frog: who refuses to make Wall Street and the rich pay their fair share of taxes, who intends to make war with the public employees union, supports expanding the financial waste of charter schools and wants to impose caps on public spending.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday at the state Business Council's annual retreat in Bolton Landing gave what has become a sort of greatest - hits speech for his administration: A property tax cap, a self - imposed limit on annual spending increases, economic development spending and a tourism push that has paid out dividends of more people heading upstate.

Mareane expressed concern about the budgetary impact of the State's decision, particularly in light of the State - imposed property tax cap.

Local government leaders have been warning that the 2 percent property tax cap imposed by Cuomo and the legislature last year will severely squeeze their finances, and that key programs and workers will have to be cut.

The governor has imposed a property tax cap and kept state spending growth to around 2 percent per year.

He is imposing more cuts in local government services by tying the state tax relief programs to municipal compliance with the 2 percent property tax cap while simultaneously freezing revenue - sharing aid to municipalities at 75 percent below its 1980s level,» Hawkins said.

He's kept state spending increases to two percent each year, imposed a cap on the allowable increases in local property taxes and resisted efforts in 2011 to renew a 2009 income tax surcharge.

To receive a rebate of a school tax increase, the school district can not have pierced the state - imposed 1.56 percent tax cap this year.

The baseline tax cap for municipalities with a Jan. 1 fiscal year in New York State has declined since it was imposed in 2012:

Actual increases in tax collections imposed by districts may end up being more or less than 2 percent, depending on local factors such as bond issues to fund school reconstruction or repairs, which are exempt from the cap.

Republican mayoral candidate Nicole Malliotakis pledged Monday to freeze property taxes in her first year in office and then impose a cap of 2 percent or less for the remainder of her term.

This is the first vote since the state imposed a cap on how much local districts can raise the tax levy.

The governor has imposed a property tax cap and kept state spending growth to around 2 % per year.

The state's baseline cap on property taxes for 2016 — at 0.73 percent — has fallen to below 1 percent for the first time since the cap was imposed in 2012.

But Avella believes his plan to have the state continue to pick up the extra Medicaid costs only if the city imposes a cap on increases to its property tax and assessments would benefit the city and state.

Five Long Island school districts, all in Suffolk, are asking voters to approve an override of their state - imposed property tax caps — more than twice as many as last year.

Venturing that local municipalities possess the «most responsive» form of government despite the tax cap the state has imposed to run local boards «out of business,» she said «I'm big on public involvement in the democratic process.

Local governments and school districts are asking for a reduction in unfunded mandates in order to comply with a 2 % property tax cap imposed by Cuomo and the legislature last year.

White Plains Mayor Tom Roach says his Westchester County City id facing increasing costs for health care, and a newly imposed 2 % property tax cap has meant little money left over for anything else.

The newest entrant into the New York governor's race casts himself as an angry reformer who wants to tear down the walls of state government, slash spending, impose a cap on taxes and stamp out corrupt interests.

Property taxes statewide continue to rise despite a state imposed cap.

Although the Cuomo administration has slowed property tax growth through a state - imposed cap, property taxes continue to increase for residents.

Hand in hand with that is the state imposed two percent tax cap.

However, he destructively links this relief to local compliance with a misguided property tax cap, and he funds the needed tax relief with future surpluses predicated on billions of unspecified future spending cuts that will be required by his self - imposed two percent state spending cap.

He says the 2 percent property tax cap imposed by Cuomo and lawmakers last year means the city can raise just $ 3.2 million additional dollars.