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School Budgets Pass In All But Four Long Island Districts
School budgets were largely passed - many by wide margins - on Long Island, though several districts may have to revise their spending plans or be forced to adopt contingency budgets.
In total, voters approved 116 school budgets on Long Island on Tuesday, May 18, leaving just four districts - Bridgehampton, Northport-East Northport Three Village, Wantagh - that did not pass.
Of those four, three - Bridgehampton, Three Village, and Wantagh - sought to override the state tax cap. Two other school districts in Sagaponack and Islip also sought to override the tax levy, which requires a 60 perce…
Dutchess Voters OK School Budgets
Every proposed school budget and ballot issue in Dutchess County was approved on Tuesday.
Taxpayers from the following school districts approved proposed spending plans: Arlington, Beacon, Dover, Highland, Hyde Park, Marlboro, Millbrook, New Paltz, Pawling, Pine Plains, Poughkeepsie, Red Hook, Rhinebeck, Spackenkill, Wappingers and Webutuck.
For more Daily Voice details on specific school ballot propositions, all of which were approved on Tuesday, click here.