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Syracuse homeowners will continue to get their STAR rebate checks, now that the city’s common council has approved a budget that keeps a property tax…
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As the Syracuse Common Council continues to go over Mayor Ben Walsh’s proposed budget, the council rejected a proposal to waive New York State’s 2% tax…
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Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul has criss-crossed the state over the last several weeks sounding the alarm that the state's two percent tax cap, which limits local…
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The New York State Senate has passed a bill to make the state’s 8-year-old property tax cap permanent. So far, the Assembly has not approved the…
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Jefferson County lawmakers have voted not to grant tax breaks for big solar and wind projects. County leaders say large-scale alternative energy farms do…
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Cheap gas prices are making consumers happy at the pump, but not everyone is benefiting from the lower prices. New York’s counties, who impose a sales tax…
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Local governments and schools say they are struggling over a property tax cap that will allow what amounts to a zero percent increase in tax levies in the…
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Schools across the state are bracing for a potential zero percent growth in their tax levy next year. While the latest provisions of an ongoing tax cap…
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New York state’s comptroller finds that local and school property taxes will increase by the lowest percentage in decades, under the rules of the tax cap…
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The legislature ?hoped to pass final end of session bills Thursday, two days after a framework deal was announced by legislative leaders and Gov. Andrew…