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Carmel School District Explores Next Steps After Budget Voted Down For Second Time Carmel School District Explores Next Steps After Budget Voted Down For Second Time
Carmel School District Explores Next Steps After Budget Voted Down For Second Time School officials in Carmel are scrambling after voters in the district became one of only two in New York to reject a proposed budget for the second time. This week, voters shot down a proposed $132,507,952 spending plan for the second time, forcing the Board of Education to adopt a contingency budget of approximately $131 million that will require cutting $1,664,980 from the budget. The vote came down to a 1,397-1,755 margin, with the 358 vote differential more than double the initial rejection vote in May. The only other school district in New York to shoot down its revised budget in a re…

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by Zak Failla
Politics
New York Will Become Early Voting State For First Time New York Will Become Early Voting State For First Time
New York Will Become Early Voting State For First Time Voting in New York will be a little easier this fall. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into law on Thursday that will allow up to eight days of early voting before an election. The new legislation also will synchronize federal and state primary elections, allow voter preregistration for teenagers, provide voter registration portability within the state, and close the “LLC loophole.” “At a time when the federal government is doing everything it can to disenfranchise voters, we are breaking down the barriers that have discouraged too many generations of New Yorkers from exercising the…

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by Zak Failla
Politics
General Election Voter Registration Deadlines Approach In NY, CT General Election Voter Registration Deadlines Approach In NY, CT
General Election Voter Registration Deadlines Approach In NY, CT Friday, Oct. 12 is the final day that New York state residents can register online or in-person to vote in the Nov. 6 midterm elections, which include races for statewide offices, Congress and the U.S. Senate. Click here to register to vote online in New York state.  Voter registration applications can also be mailed to the Board of Elections, but must be postmarked no later than Friday Oct. 12. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat from New Castle, is running for a third four-year term against Republican Marc Molinaro, who is Dutchess County executive. There also are statewide for attorney genera…

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by Daily Voice
Schools
Pace Students Say 'Never Again' To School Gun Violence, Lax Legislators Pace Students Say 'Never Again' To School Gun Violence, Lax Legislators
Pace Students Say 'Never Again' To School Gun Violence, Lax Legislators "I refuse to be a target," more than 100 Pace University students chanted on Wednesday, Feb. 28. "I refuse to be scared," they shouted. "I refuse to be silent," they said in unison. Their pledge closed out a 17-minute tribute to the 17 victims of Parkland, Fla.'s high school shooting on Feb. 14, just two weeks ago and still very fresh on the minds of the college students on Pace's Pleasantville campus.  Lindita Kulla, a sophomore from Watertown, CT, said she visited the site of the Newtown elementary school shootings on her way back to college after the Presi…

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by Jon Craig