10 Westchester fire districts may exceed state's 2 percent tax cap

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http://www.lohud.com...agerestricted=1

Ten of 24 Westchester County fire districts that reported their budget intentions to the state comptroller indicated they may exceed the 2 percent annual cap on the property-tax levy, but not all of them will do so.

Meanwhile, none of the fire districts in Putnam and Rockland counties that reported to Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli by Nov. 29 said they intended to override the cap. Not all fire district data had been reported to the Comptroller’s Office as of that date, DiNapoli spokesman Brian Butry said.

Time for the C word to come out??? This is not a surprise to us that duplication is rampant in Westchester, but hopefully some reporting(if you can call it that) may bring this to the public.

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For those of us without access to LOHUD, which districts are these?

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Time for the C word to come out??? This is not a surprise to us that duplication is rampant in Westchester, but hopefully some reporting(if you can call it that) may bring this to the public.

Can you explain this?

I am the 1st to point out the problem of duplication in Westchester and the lake of reporting to the public (and even ourselves). But the gov. was advised that the tax cap would not work and would just create massive problems for all local governments, but all he wants is to mae it look like he is fixing everything so that in 2016 he can be the next president.

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Katonah Fire District

Lake Mohegan Fire District

North Castle No. 2 Fire District

Eastchester Fire District

Millwood No. 1 Fire District

Hartsdale Fire District

Several districts adopted resolutions indicating they might exceed the cap, but their budgets came in under it, commissioners said.

North Castle South No. 1 Fire District.

Fairview Fire District

Hawthorne Fire District

Somers Fire District

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All the lawyers at the Association of Fire Districts of NYS conference last year told commissioners to make a motion to POSSIBLY exceed the 2% tax cap due to math issues with the Comptrollers Office numbers. That way you are covered if your increase comes out to 2.001% due to the numbers the Comptrollers Office issues. It's a cover your butt thing.

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The tax cap was political grandstanding at it's worse. NY, for years could not pass a budget on time and they decided to tell local government entities how to do business. The biggest tax burden as always are the school systems where the public votes on the budget.

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The tax cap was political grandstanding at it's worse. NY, for years could not pass a budget on time and they decided to tell local government entities how to do business. The biggest tax burden as always are the school systems where the public votes on the budget.

State to local governments... This is the most (tax cap) you can spend, but you need to pay these bills (unfunded mandates) first.

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50-65,

The Gov when he was running for elecetion said he would have the 2% tax cap and remove the unfunded mandates... He's 1/2 way there!!! I'll keep holding my breath for the 2nd half.......................

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The Gov when he was running for elecetion said he would have the 2% tax cap and remove the unfunded mandates... He's 1/2 way there!!! I'll keep holding my breath for the 2nd half.......................

Yeah just like Obama promised to cut the deficit in his first term....don't hold your breath!!!