In connection with a series of stories The Journal News ran Sunday about the complex structure and high cost of local government, The Journal News is polling readers on what they might be willing to sacrifice to potentially improve efficiency and save tax dollars. The Lower Hudson Valley has 698 taxing… Read More →
Education Commissioner John King told The Journal News Editorial Board Friday that “low wealth” suburban districts will need more state aid and regionalization – consolidating districts or sharing education services – to provide a quality education and combat “educational insolvency.” During the interview, which also featured Board of Regents member… Read More →
New York is composed of 3,454 distinct local governments – up from 3,404 in 2007 – and, yep, they all collect taxes. The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2012 Census of Governments details the make-up and number of governments in the country. The figures released for this year are preliminary and the… Read More →
If you know anything about BOCES, it’s that the Boards of Cooperative Educational Services are supposed to help school districts be more efficient and save money through collaboration and sharing services. So it’s kind of odd that an audit of four BOCES in central New York state found that in… Read More →
