Coupling it with a giveback to favor Thruway users is an unnecessary political ploy.As so many municipalities and school districts struggle, hemmed in by the property tax cap and only
modest increases in state aid, if any at all, New York state appears flush with cash these days.
County funding of $ 23,943,617, combined with funding from New York
State of $ 2,227,239
in operating
aid, use of $ 485,186
in Library fund balance, and $ 894,302
in other library revenue, brings the Library's 2017 proposed operating budget to $ 27,550,344; a
modest 1.1 %
increase over the 2016 Adopted Budget.