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Tuesday, February 05, 2013  Budget voting day is May 21--expect more taxes and layoffs in most districts

Friday, October 26, 2012 

Tuesday, October 23, 2012  Oswego Mayor Thomas Gillen is predicting passage of a resolution to exceed New York State’s property tax cap Monday evening.

Monday, February 06, 2012  School districts are asking taxpayers the tough questions

Friday, December 16, 2011  The state's new property tax cap could cause some sweeping changes to New York's public schools.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011  Tuesday night, the Manlius town board unanimously voted to override the states new property tax cap, which limits tax increases to 2%.

Friday, November 18, 2011  Cicero Town Supervisor Judy Boyke has scheduled a town board meeting on Sunday, in a last minute effort to save the proposed budget.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011  Today is the deadline for the town board to finalize its budget.

Friday, November 11, 2011  Cicero's Town Hall isn't very big -- but it was packed Thursday night with folks anxious to hear if any progress had been made on the proposed budget for 2012.

Wednesday, July 06, 2011  The political buzz surrounding Governor Andrew Cuomo is hard to miss, but he says his focus is on New York State...not aspirations in Washington.

Wednesday, July 06, 2011  Governor Andrew Cuomo will be in Central New York this afternoon to promote the state's newly enacted property tax cap.

Tuesday, July 05, 2011  From Lancaster, in Erie County,  Governor Andrew Cuomo signed his property tax cap bill into law.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011  New York's Legislature will try to pass a massive bill rarely seen in Albany that will touch just about every New Yorker's life.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011  Governor Andrew Cuomo will be in Syracuse today to push his agenda for a property tax cap, ethics reform and gay marriage.

Thursday, May 05, 2011  Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he and his top aides will tour the state to push priorities including gay marriage, a tax cap and ethics reform in Albany.