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Update: Westchester County Exec Latimer Officially Announces Bid For Congress Against Bowman
Westchester County Executive George Latimer has officially announced his intention to launch a Congressional Democratic primary challenge for New York's 16th District seat.
Latimer, age 70, announced his campaign in a video posted to social media on Wednesday morning, Dec. 6, in which he said he is "ready to deliver" for constituents within the 16th district.
The 16th district is made up of the southern part of Westchester, including the suburban cities of White Plains, Mount Vernon, Yonkers, New Rochelle, and Rye, and a small portion of the northern Bronx.
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These North Jersey Towns Have State's Highest Property Taxes
The average property tax bill in New Jersey last year was $8,767, an increase of $77 from $8,690 in 2017.
Many towns, though, paid more than $10,000.
Millburn residents paid the most in the state ($24,308) with Alpine trailing in the second spot at ($21,299).
Here are the towns in North Jersey with the highest property tax bills in the state for 2018, according to a report by NJ.com.
26. Mendham, Morris County: $15,598
25. Chester, Morris County: $15,602
24. Maplewood, Essex County: $15,630
23. Livingston, Essex County: $15,933
22. North Caldwell, Essex Cou…
New Rochelle Voters Approve $270M Schools Budget On Second Shot
Sometimes, the second time’s the charm.
After rejecting a $272.8 million schools budget, voters came back on Tuesday to approve a revised $270,381,160 spending plan that will have a limited impact for taxpayers by a vote of 1,757 to 1,004.
The cap on the increase in the tax levy – the amount of money to be raised by property taxes – was 2.231 percent. The budget kept the increase to that level by cutting $3.4 million from the tax levy that was included in the budget that voters rejected in May. The tax levy in the now-approved budget is $209,002,162. That is an increase of $4,560,520 over t…
New Rochelle To Vote On Second Proposed Schools Budget On Tuesday
New Rochelle residents will have the opportunity on Tuesday, June 19 to vote on a new schools budget after overwhelmingly rejecting a $272.8 million spending plan last month.
Last month, voters rejected the district’s initial proposed plan with 3,116 votes against and 1,689 in favor of the proposed $272,804,093 budget, which went over the tax cap override.
As a result, the administration and Board of Education drafted a new $270,381,160 spending plan that “stays within the state tax cap, preserves programming and includes funds to add school counselors and several other positions as well as…
