Sentences with phrase «own special district»

Mello - Roos taxes are voted on by property owners and are used to support special districts that finance services, public works or other improvements.

County taxes represent a fraction of the total property tax burden that also includes revenue for schools, cities, towns, villages, and fire and other special districts.

The plan also argues the legislature should support controversial elements in the governor's budget proposal, including his plan to let the MTA unilaterally carve out special districts within New York City (without city approval) and claim the property taxes from those districts.

In fact, that number is inflated by including 6,900 town - only special districts — essentially lines on a map that lack separate taxing authority.

The lion's share of municipal, school board, township and special district races do not have candidates with party IDs and do not involve partisan primaries.

Special districts: There are a lot of other governing structures that cover county lines, cross between cities, etc..

Most local races, however, for municipal office, special districts, school boards, and township offices are formally non-partisan.

Does Corey Johnson understand that Roger Adler was given the job of Special District Attorney to investigate the Debi Rose case by Fern Fisher, the Chief Administrative Judge of the City Courts?

It didn't work: most people voted for the status quo, and savings were minimal when special districts replaced former villages.

And there's little correlation between the number of governments — Cuomo usually inflates the figure from around 4,000 to 10,500 by counting special districts — and cost.

Since taking office, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has had the opportunity to stop localities from creating new authorities, special districts and other entities, yet his record on that is mixed.

There is only so much belt - tightening we can do when the majority of taxes you pay go to school and special districts we have no control over.

If our county is to continue to grow we must reduce the costs that truly make us non-competitive: school, fire and other special district taxes.

Cuomo insisted that New York's high property taxes are a result of multiple layers of government — county, local and special districts.

Police and fire protection, along with highway, sanitation, recreation, sewage services and facilities, are provided for the area by the Town or special districts under the supervision of the Town Board.

And to my fellow elected officials in our community who bemoan the cost of government and always beat the drum about how high our taxes are: join me in the call to merge and control spending at these special districts.

If you really want to reduce the cost of government in Erie County you must include the taxing entities, school and special districts, that make up more than 60 % of all taxes levied in our county.

So I say to Governor Cuomo and the members of the Assembly and Senate: if you make the shared services panels permanent you must include school, fire and other special districts on it as well.

While the comptroller's data is very preliminary — only 396 towns, villages and special districts have filed, out of more than 10,000 — they are being pointed to by Cuomo administration officials as evidence the cap is working.

The winner of the bidding process will probably be decided prior to the special district referendum to borrow some $ 137.5 million for high - school renovations.

Town, village, lighting district, water district, sewer district, a special district to count the other districts in case you missed a district.»

And there's also another bill, sponsored by Democratic Assemblyman Nick Perry, also of Brooklyn, which would allow a judge to appoint another DA or AG to act as a «special district attorney» in criminal matters where the judge finds that the county prosecutor is «disqualified.»

Wright's defense, according to the Daily Breeze, was based on a 1982 lawsuit upholding the residency of a special district director.

During that time, they'd pay Ulster County $ 1.4 million, the Town of New Paltz $ 3.9 million, the New Paltz Central School District $ 6.4 million and another $ 112,106 for special district payments.

Off topic questions included: the ISIS in Iraq and potential threats to New York, his hair color in a World Cup themed picture, the City's negotiations with CW Capital concerning Stuyvesant Town, whether he concerned that religion - affiliated CBO's pre-K programs will involve some religious instruction or indoctrination, the Rent Guidelines Board and a possible rent increase, rating his administration on it's FOIL responsiveness, whether subway dancers are a «sign of urban decay», whether he is contemplating a special district for failing schools and whether there is symbolism is seeking to bring the Democratic National Convention to Brooklyn rather than Manhattan and whether he has coordinated that effort with Hillary Clinton.

There is, finally, a provision that would allow the MTA to create special districts in New York City and then claim the real estate tax receipts from those districts to pay for MTA projects, like a further extension of the Second Avenue Subway, the vastly over-budget project bringing the Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Terminal, and a proposal to bring Metro - North to Penn Station, by way of the Bronx.

The enactment in 2011 of Governor Cuomo's 2 percent cap on the growth of county, municipal, school and special district property tax levies only strengthens the case for repealing the Triborough Amendment.

Counties, cities, towns, villages and special districts that sustained direct physical flood - related damage are eligible to receive up to $ 1,000,000 for repairs to and restoration of municipal infrastructure and systems and up to $ 500,000 for flood mitigation, construction of resiliency measures, or flood control projects.

[i] Because population breakdowns are not available for school districts and special districts, they are excluded.

There are also a great many local governments (especially municipalities, New England towns, school boards, and «special districts») that have elections that are formally organized on a non-partisan basis.

Brookhaven officials plan to dissolve more than a half - dozen obsolete special districts as part of the town's efforts to cut costs and streamline services.

The proposed tax rate is $ 8.42, not including special districts.

«I certainly teach my students that I think prosecutors should take the position that if there is something that would undermine the confidence of the community in a verdict, undermine the confidence of the community in the independence of a prosecutor, that is a good reason to request a special district attorney or a special prosecutor.»

Over that time, the payment will split upon the town, its special districts and the Beekmantown Central School District.

Since 2010, the state's highest court, the Court of Appeals, has twice upheld the «county guaranty,» a state law requiring Nassau to indemnify the towns, schools and special districts for its erroneous assessments.

Under the application with the Ulster County Industrial Development Agency, the project would pay $ 173,104 for combined school, town, county and special districts the first five years of the tax agreement.

This encompasses all city, county, and special district elections appearing on the ballot within those cities.

Elected and appointed officials should have to declare at the time of hiring any blood relatives of themselves, their spouses or their party leader who is working for the state, any municipality, an authority or a special district.

«It's going to take all of us collectively, all of our talents... all of our energy, our drive to be brought to the table, because this is a very special district,» said Espaillat.

And the Northport school district, villages and other special districts that benefited from the tax windfall would have to contend with the loss of that money virtually overnight.

The special districts - which could only be created through an act of the state Legislature — would be authorized to collect from every property owner, including nonprofit institutions, Miner said.

Cuomo has championed consolidating special districts.

The town thought special districts might be separate items excluded from the tax cap, but then were advised they must be included when figuring out the overall tax levy increase.

As part of that special district, the block could receive variances to accommodate the proposed structure's height and increased floor area ratio.

When Helsmoortel first took office, the town's budget (excluding special districts) was $ 5.8 million.

Cuomo's plan would cap the tax levy in school districts, counties, cities, towns, villages and special districts at 2 percent or the rate of inflation, whichever is lower.

Another Malloy proposal — a state takeover of the worst failure mills through the creation of a special district modeled off of the successful Recovery School District in New Orleans — wouldn't happen until the 2013 - 3014 school year.

Meanwhile, the EAS is in its planning phases and charters are expected to figure into the special district in a big way, though the special district's chancellor, John Covington, has kept mum about the details.

The EAS, a statewide special district for the worst performing schools, will pilot in the Motor City and perhaps elsewhere in Michigan next year.

But that statement comes as Detroit prepares to move schools into the Educational Achievement System, a new special district for Michigan's worst - performing shcools — a change that could have dramatic consequences depending on which turnaround plans are used for its schools.