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Do you plan on supporting your local school budget?

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The 56 Nassau County school districts have their annual school budget vote on Tuesday, May 21st. Do you plan on voting "Yes" for your local school district's budget?

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Legislature

Your Ideas for a Better, More Efficient Government

Lower Property Taxes

(74 votes)
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51.75%
(69 votes)
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48.25%
143 votes

My house is being assessed at $200K less than it was 7 years ago and yet my property taxes keep going up. How does that work??

CONDOS

(23 votes)
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65.71%
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34.29%
35 votes

With the proliferation of new condos – there is a tremendous need for regulation. Unfortunately being on a board is in essence a license to steal and there is no governmental oversight. There are Ombudsman Bills sitting in the Senate that are not able to be passed. Perhaps you might create a panel and ask for horror stories from owners. Lots of Republicans own condos and this would give you more votes. I would volunteer to help with this matter.

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Sandy Survivors

(16 votes)
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57.14%
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42.86%
28 votes

Here's a thought...How about opening up all those forclosed homes on LI that the banks are stuck with after the housing bust to our neighbors who got wiped out by Sandy? It might take awhile but maybe the banks can recoup some of their loses and abracadbra housing for those seriously in need! Instead of holding on to an empty property for $400K, let it go for a $100K, because you'll be helping the comunity and anything beats a blank! Rent them out cheap to survivor families to help them get on their feet.

Why rents are so high and young people are fleeing the county

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92.59%
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7.41%
27 votes

Local villages and our counties need to be scrutinized as to why they feel the need to tax us to the degree we are taxed. Why does a village tax need to be so high when they do not add any services that the county doesn't already provide? Taxation with little or no representation!

Rental Housing Emergency

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15.79%
38 votes

Roughly 17% of residences (compared to 33-36% in neighboring counties)
are rentals in Nassau County. If Nassau is going to stand any chance of keeping young adults from leaving it must increase the rental housing stock especially around the major transit hubs of Mineola and Hicksville. The building permit process needs to be fast tracked to start construction ASAP. Nassau needs affordable housing!