Friday, attorney Robert Rosborough IV of Whiteman Osterman & Hanna filed the 25-page response to the request for a “stay” on Real Property Tax Law 575-b while the state appeals Sullivan County Judge James Farrell’s March 3 ruling that found it unconstitutional.
Under Judge Farrell’s ruling, projects like NextEra Solar in the Town of Sharon will be assessed at 100 percent of value–starting now.
The state wants that on hold while it appeals.
Essentially, Mr. Rosborough said, there’s no basis for the stay; Judge Farrell’s ruling simply returned the “power” for determining how to value and tax solar and wind to local assessors.
“...the state has not been commanded to ...

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As one of the state’s first smalltown—and $10 million—Downtown Revitalization Initiative winners, the Village of Schoharie is unique.
And so maybe, shouldn’t be bound by what’s come before.
That’s the case members of the Local Planning Committee made in their first meeting with Department of State reps and consultants, arguing to extend the boundaries for potential projects.
The DRI is intended to provide matching funding for transformative projects in a “compact, walkable, well-defined core,” DOS’s Stefan Lutter told the 10-member LPC.
Cementing those boundaries was one of the first things they needed to tackle.
And their first challenge.
As propos ...

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Schools across New York State will go to the polls next Tuesday, May 20, to decide on 2025-26 budgets, fill school board seats, and decide on a variety of propositions.
Voting hours vary by school district.

Middleburgh
The proposed Middleburgh Central School budget totals $25.1 million.
It increases spending by .80 percent or $200,000, and includes a tax levy increase of 1.5 percent or $156,144.
Voters will also be asked to approve the $8.1 million capital project, which will use state grants and $2 million from the MCSD Capital Reserve Fund for more than a dozen repairs and facilities improvements.
If approved, the capital project would have ...

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The Town of Middleburgh has a buyer on its old Town Hall.
At a special meeting on April 28, the town accepted an offer of $299,000 on the 143 Railroad Avenue building from Ezequiel Rocha.
Councilman Wes Laraway said Mr. Rocha plans to turn it into apartments; a closing has been tentatively set for the first of June.
The building was listed with Ruby Torres/Keller Williams for $299,000 and sold in just a few weeks.
“It all came together pretty quickly,” Mr. Laraway said.
“It’s going to be nice to see it back on the tax rolls. That building was good to us.”
The new owner has agreed to let the town remove the barn quilt of the M&S Railroad and put it on ...

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Schoharie County
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
APPLICATION FOR DEBT EXCLUSION
TOWN OF RICHMONDVILLE
The Chief Fiscal Officer of the Town of Richmondville, Schoharie County, New York, filed on April 15, 2025, in the Office of the State Comptroller an Application for Exclusion of Outstanding Sanitary Sewer Indebtedness in the Amount of $0 and Proposed Sanitary Sewer Indebtedness in the Amount of $16,000,000 pursuant to Section 124.10 of the Local Finance Law. This application is on file as a public record in the Office of the Chief Fiscal Officer Jeffrey Haslun, Town Supervisor, Chief Fiscal Officer of the Town of Richhmondville, Schoharie County, New York. ...

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