Sentences with phrase «staying under the tax cap»

Towns that stayed under the tax cap in the past year are afforded higher limits the following year.

She has made the tough choices to make Suffolk County government more efficient, which saves Suffolk taxpayers $ 100 million per year in reduced costs and allows the county to stay under the tax cap.

«In past years we stayed under the tax cap when our expenses were rising and we probably should have gone up to the tax cap and exceeded it (then) in order to balance our budget,» said Dyster.

Schuler said all budgets that eventually passed in Niagara County last year stayed under the tax cap, with Niagara Wheatfield failing on its initial effort to exceed the cap last year.

The county would absorb the remaining $ 3.6 million this year in order to stay under the tax cap.

At last count, New York State public schools» unfunded mandates numbered more than 150 — 150 unfunded mandates that cost schools money in time and resources — yet most of us get our budgets passed while staying under our tax caps.

Not exact matches

«My understanding is that if we can commit to staying under the two percent growth rate in state government, which I think is perfectly reasonable and which we have mandated local governments do with the property tax cap, if we do that we cut the $ 4.4 billion deficit down to $ 1.7 billion,» Jacobs said.

One proposed spending plan would stay within the 0.65 percent tax cap; another would exceed that limit but keep the increase under 2 percent.

As a result of these and other measures, the county will stay under the NYS property tax cap rate for 2018, which is 1.84 %.

The proposal would grant property taxpayers a rebate equal to an annual tax hike as long as a local municipality stays within the state's property tax cap — currently under 2 percent.

Under the proposal, the property owners would receive a rebate equal to an annual tax hike as long as a local municipality stays within the state's property tax cap — currently under 2 perUnder the proposal, the property owners would receive a rebate equal to an annual tax hike as long as a local municipality stays within the state's property tax cap — currently under 2 perunder 2 percent.

«No matter what the Administration is painting as a rosy picture that there's going to be a decrease in the overall debt, I just don't see how a project of $ 192 million plus other projects that we have been assured will move forward at a cost of $ 93 million and knowing that union contracts will be up for ratification throughout the next several years, there's no way that the county can say that our taxes will not increase and that I can't imagine will be able to stay under the cap unless we decimate services,» says Strawinski.

Under the proposal, municipalities and school districts that stay within the two - percent cap would then be eligible for a certain amount of aid to lower their tax levy to prior year levels in the program's first two years.

«Under the tax cap, the best we can do is maintain the services we have,» said North Hempstead Deputy Supervisor Aline Khatchadourian, who said the town is under a directive from Supervisor Judi Bosworth to have no layoffs and to stay at or under theUnder the tax cap, the best we can do is maintain the services we have,» said North Hempstead Deputy Supervisor Aline Khatchadourian, who said the town is under a directive from Supervisor Judi Bosworth to have no layoffs and to stay at or under theunder a directive from Supervisor Judi Bosworth to have no layoffs and to stay at or under theunder the cap.

And while officials say they were shocked by the drop in the tax cap when it was announced in July — but promise to stay under it — experts and town officials wonder how much longer they can.

The limit on property tax hikes is 2 percent or the rate of inflation, whichever is lower, and includes some exceptions for municipalities with high litigation or pension contribution costs, or for staying under the cap before.

It stays under the 2 percent cap, so homeowners will get a full rebate through Governor Cuomo's tax cap initiative.

Overall, more than 2 million checks will go out over the next few months to reimburse taxpayers for tax growth — assuming their municipalities and schools stayed under the property - tax cap and submitted an efficiency plan.

The push for a tax cap seemed to come from two fronts: upstate lawmakers who were wondering why Mr. de Blasio didn't have to scrimp and save to stay under the property tax cap the way their towns do, and downstate politicians from parts of the city where homeowners say they are fed up with increasing property tax bills.

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?

The Erie County tax rate has either stayed the same or fallen in each of the past 10 years and consistently been under the state tax cap.

The board offered a budget with no change in the tax levy, but the tax cap calculation required the district to cut taxes 1.1 percent to stay under the cap.

But he said the tax cap law should be changed so districts aren't forced to cut taxes to stay under the cap.

He said while Bellone touted staying under the state property tax cap, Bellone has instituted an alarm fee, increased vehicle registration fees and expanded red - light cameras.

The extra state aid will help the more than 700 school districts in New York as they struggle to stay under the state property tax cap, which allows them to increase their tax levy by only.12 percent this year without seeking voter approval.

If we are going to put some cap on our taxes then any increase on one form of tax will be a decrease on another to stay under that cap.

Molinaro also said that, despite state - mandated costs at the local level, «most our municipalities stayed under the [state - set] property tax cap, and Dutchess County has had three successive years of property tax reductions.»

In May the district did pass a budget staying under the tax levy cap, and meeting its mandate requirements.

Local governments and school districts already struggling to stay under the state property tax cap will

Peter Baynes, executive director of the New York Conference of Mayors, says that's misleading, since most localities are already staying under the 2 percent tax cap.

The Town Board in DeRuyter may find it difficult to stay under the state tax cap in its next budget.

The town has also managed to stay under the state's tax levy cap, which limits how much municipalities can increase what they collect in taxes.

Which of the following statements is true: The Erie County tax rate has either stayed the same or fallen in each of the past 10 years and consistently been under the state tax cap.

Local officials have been irate that Albany mandates increases of over 2 percent, while asking municipalities to stay under the 2 percent tax cap.