Mar 18 2008

Putnam County Legislature supports Cahill’s “Equality in Education Act”

Published by Maurene Caplan Grey under Politics

“This evening, the Putnam County Legislature meeting in special session, voted 7-0 to support Kevin Cahill’s “Equality in Education Act” which will move funding of our schools from property taxes to a graduated income tax, will maintain quality education for every student in the state and effect reliable cost controls in our districts - if it ever comes out of committee in Albany. This “memoriam” was put forward by Putnam Valley Legislator Sam Oliverio. Hats off to you, Sam!”

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Jan 10 2008

Town of Kent: 2008 appointments and reappointments

Published by admin under Politics

1. Deputy Supervisor — Lou Tartaro
2. Legal Counsel - Curtiss Leibell Herodes and Molé

See complete list at Jeff Green’s post on Plan Putnam.

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Nov 01 2007

Putnam County 2008 budget finalized

Published by admin under Putnam County budget

In case you have not heard, today’s Journal News reported that the county budget was finalized.

Under the adopted 2008 budget, the tax levy increases by 27 percent.

The average homeowner will pay $2.72 per $1,000 of assessed property value, a tax-rate increase of 18.8 percent over last year. The average homeowner will pay $878.29 in county taxes in 2008, an increase of $183.

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