shared services

The state is rewarding Broome County for cutting costs. The county enacted efficiencies that save taxpayers over three-million dollars.

As of the New Year, the Village of Van Etten in Chemung County no longer exists. The village has dissolved and services have been absorbed by the Town of Van Etten.

Towns, counties and villages in New York are looking for ways to share equipment and personnel in order to cut costs in order to reduce property taxes. There's incentive: the state is agreeing to match any savings. However, most school districts are not joining in. That's a problem because they make up the lion's share of a taxpayer's property tax bill.

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…

Residents in the Village of Van Etten are split over whether to dissolve their government. They vote on it next week.If yes, the village would be absorbed…

New York State wants municipalities to share services and it’s offering $20 million to do it. Chemung County and the City of Elmira had planned to apply…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s tax-reduction plan includes a much-discussed property tax cap. But there’s another part that has unfolded with less…