Sentences with phrase «override of their property tax cap»

Gannett reports that just three percent of school districts in the state plan to seek an override of the property tax cap at the polls on Tuesday.

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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.

As school districts face zero inflation and virtually no room under the state's cap on property taxes, the number of school districts seeking overrides of the limit has doubled, according to the New York State School Boards Association.

They can override the property tax cap if 60 percent of the elected representatives in a county vote to do so.

Generally speaking, the Assembly's proposal, which allows for the cap to be overridden by a 60 percent majority of a local school district and is directed particularly at areas with crushing property taxes like Long Island and Westchester County, is similar to that of the Governor, who said today that he applauded their efforts.

And for schools to override the cap, at least 60 percent of voters must agree to pay more property taxes.

A week after Gov. Andrew Cuomo started a new effort to spread the evangel that is the 2 percent property tax cap, 129 out of 714 taxing districts so far have said they will override the limit, according to the state Comptroller's Office.

A poll of school board members around the state found 38 percent would consider seeking overrides of the state's cap on property tax increases, the New York State School Boards Association found.

(Nineteen percent of New York municipalities indicated they planned to override the state's property - tax cap in 2015, a drop from the 26 percent who did so this year.)

The most recent property tax cap information from the state comptroller's office shows 20 percent of local governments are choosing to override the limit on levy increases.

Only a third of school budgets that sought to override the state's cap on property taxes while the broad majority of spending plans was approved by voters on Tuesday, according to the state School Boards Association.

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.

The rest of the state's localities are subject to a 2 percent cap on the growth of their property taxes, which they can override at the local government level, under a law enacted during Gov. Andrew Cuomo's first year in office in 2011.

Almost 98 percent of school budgets were approved in statewide voting Tuesday, including the majority of school districts asking for overrides of the state's mandatory property tax cap.

In New York almost 98 percent of school budgets were approved in statewide voting Tuesday, including the majority of school districts asking for overrides of the state's mandatory property tax cap.

The number of school districts planning budgets that override the state's property - tax cap is growing, according to a report from the State Comptroller.

The number of school districts planning budgets that override the state's property - tax cap is growing,

The town of Manlius board approved its 2012 budget at a special meeting Tuesday night, just minutes after adopting a local law allowing it to override the state's 2 percent property tax cap,