Newsday is reporting that almost all school districts across Long Island — 121 of them — won voter support of budgets Tuesday, often by lopsided majorities, with one budget defeated in a season marked by robust spending proposals and low tax increases.
West Hempstead’s proposed $71.39 million plan went down, with 734 “yes” votes to 1,103 “no’s.” The proposal would have raised spending 3.61%, and taxes, 2.14%.
Two districts, Great Neck and Westbury, were unreported as of about 1 a.m. Wednesday.
(AP Photo/Ben Gray)
