property taxes

Before approving Ithaca's 2023 budget, Ithaca Mayor Laura Lewis joined city attorney Ari Levine to condemn some of the comments made by city employees, alderpersons and community members during a Common Council meeting earlier this month.

Leslie Danks Burke and Lea Webb are competing for the Democratic nomination in the race for New York's 52nd State Senate District, which covers Ithaca and Binghamton.

One state House lawmaker is trying to pitch a new solution to a very old Pennsylvania problem: the reliance on school property taxes.

BInghamton, Elmira and Cortland County are all nearing limit.

“I think the real key is are those properties being utilized? Or are they adding to the overall vacancy or deterioration?” said Amy Little, owner of Cayuga Appraisals, a real estate appraisal company.

Part of Governor Cuomo’s State of the State address last week was an expansion of his shared services plan.That’s a push by the state to get local…