On Tuesday, May 21, New York State voters went to the polls to decide the fate of local school budgets and elect members to school boards.
Most budgets throughout the five-county Catskills region passed. A few were voted down, and will now have 30 days to revise their budgets and put them up for a second vote. If a school's budget is voted down twice, the school must adopt a contingency budget subject to strict caps. Read more