64.0°,
A Few Clouds
Keyword: budgets
194 results total, viewing 131 - 140
|
Franklin Square voters approved the school budget by over 65 percent.
more
5/15/12
|
|
At the Franklin Square Union Free School District’s Board of Education meeting on April 3, board members approved a 2012-13 budget of $34.43 million — a 1.5 percent increase over the district’s current budget, $33.93 million.
more
By Jackie Nash
|
4/10/12
|
|
The Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education voted unanimously on March 27 to approve the district’s 2012-13 of $167.03 million — a 2.94 percent increase over its current budget, $163.97 million.
more
By Jackie Nash
|
4/10/12
|
|
Last week, state leaders approved a $132.6 billion budget for 2012-13 that includes funding and a study for the redevelopment of Belmont Park. For many local residents, who've been urging development there for years, the announcement was considered a bout of luck.
more
By Jackie Nash
|
4/2/12
|
|
The Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education held its first 2012-13 budget workshop in February, unveiling three spending scenarios and stressing that the budget would likely exceed the 2 percent tax levy cap in order to avoid more than $3 million in cuts. Since that time, the board was notified that it would receive an unanticipated, additional $1 million in state and special education aid from prior school years, bringing the projected the tax levy increase for 2012-13 down, from 4.64 percent to roughly 4 percent.
more
By Jackie Nash
|
3/20/12
|
|
According to the FBI, Medicare and Medicaid fraud cost the American taxpayer over $80 billion a year.
more
3/8/12
|
|
For the past several years, the Elmont Memorial Library’s Board of Trustees has discussed the possibility of closing its two branch libraries, in Alden Terrace and Stewart Manor. Over the past several weeks, however, the dialogue among board members has become more serious.
more
By Jackie Nash
|
3/6/12
|
|
It’s going to take a 60 percent majority to pass District 13’s proposed budget for next year because of a bus proposition that’s on the ballot.
more
By Andrew Hackmack
|
2/22/12
|
|
The Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education held its first 2012-13 budget workshop on Feb. 7, unveiling three spending scenarios and stressing that the budget will likely exceed the state-mandated 2 percent tax cap increase in order to avoid more than $3 million in cuts.
more
By Jackie Nash
|
2/14/12
|
|
In his budget address, Governor Andrew Cuomo highlighted his two key initiatives for New York State — reducing public-sector pension costs, and implementing an evaluation system for schoolteachers. Gov. Cuomo is the state’s top executive, elected by the people, so who’s supporting his plans? It’s the state’s public workers unions and the teachers’ union — they are suing the governor in court. Did anyone elect the unions to be in charge of the state’s pension and school systems?
more
By George Rand
|
2/7/12
|
Currently viewing stories posted within the past year.
For all older stories, please use our advanced search.
For all older stories, please use our advanced search.