budget

The changing fiscal landscape could hinder local governments’ budgets, New York State ComptrollerThomas P. DiNapoli warns in his recent report. The co...

OLEAN — City council members are considering changing a part of the budgeting process to avoid sales tax shortfalls in the future. The Common Council’...

OLEAN — City officials expect to cover a sales tax shortfall by using overtime to cover open positions and reviewing all purchases. Mayor Bill Aiello ...

SALAMANCA — With the district-wide vote less than three months away, the Salamanca City Central School is beginning to shape its preliminary numbers f...

OLEAN — In the dead of winter, officials at the Olean City School District are busy planning for a fruitful spring with preparations underway for the ...

Most area sales taxing bodies saw lower receipts in 2024 than in 2023, the state's fiscal watchdog reported, and all reported December collections low...

SALAMANCA — For the first time since 2022, the Common Council is considering a city budget with a property tax increase. With tentative appropriations...

OLEAN — A spending and hiring freeze across city government has been triggered by six-figure sales tax losses. In a letter obtained by the Times Heral...

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget presentation included a number of Assembly Minority Conference ideas, but at its core, the plan still fails to properly pri...

LITTLE VALLEY — Unanimously and without comment Tuesday, Cattaraugus County lawmakers approved a $293.7 million budget for 2025, up less than 1% from ...

LITTLE VALLEY — A hearing on the proposed Cattaraugus County budget for the 2025 fiscal year will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday. Lawmakers are expected to...

OLEAN — Common Council on Tuesday evening unanimously approved a resolution urging New York state to repeat a $50 million funding boost to municipalit...

ALLEGANY — The town of Allegany has unanimously passed its budget for 2025. The adopted budget keeps the town under the 2% tax cap limit set by New Yo...

Recently I noted how the latest statewide poll from the Siena College Research Institute included a finding that less than one-third of New Yorkers th...

Inflation has slowed over the last year, but area counties and towns will again be hit by the property tax cap. The Office of the State Comptroller re...

Another session has concluded and with it, the hope that this would be the year when those in power would finally tackle the problems New Yorkers care...

State government’s spending habit has become so addictive that, eventually, every move that everyday citizens make in New York will come attached with...

OLEAN — The opportunity to pass a $56.17 million budget with a 1% increase in the tax levy will be presented to voters of the Olean City School Distri...