Schools and sewers: what to know about New York’s 2023 ballot proposals
Over the last decade, New York state voters have been asked whether to approve ballot proposals that would allow private casinos , create a mail-in voting system and borrow billions of dollars to combat climate change .On Election Day and during early voting, voters across New York weigh in on limits for local governments and schools who borrow money — though perhaps notlocal governments and schools.
If voters approve Proposal 1, that 5% debt limit would be eliminated for small-city districts. Instead, they would revert to the 10% limit most other districts have under state law.This proposal also has to do with the local debt limits in the state constitution. He put it like this: School districts have to borrow money to upgrade or repair their buildings, equipment and infrastructure. If there’s a small-city district that has to, say, modernize their school buildings, they run up against that smaller debt ceiling very quickly — and have to do their projects piecemeal, which often adds to the construction cost over time.
For Proposal 2, local government officials say the idea behind it is simple: Sewage treatment plants are hugely important, and you wouldn’t want to hamstring local governments from getting them fixed. Brian Fessler, director of government relations for the New York State School Boards Association, acknowledged the difficulty of getting voters in some areas of the state to pay attention to the ballot proposal. But he said his message is simple: This is about equity.
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