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The Schenectady City Council does not currently have a special budget meeting scheduled to vote on Mayor Gary McCarthys veto of the councils second budget.

This comes as the city’s Dec. 31 budget deadline looms in the distance.

Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy has indicated that he will issue his second budget veto in the last month, leaving the city without a 2024 budget weeks before the new year.

City council failed to override Mayor McCarthys veto, instead opting to pass a second budget. McCarthy said he plans to veto this plan as well.

The Schenectady City council will hold a special budget meeting on Thursday night to vote on Mayor Gary McCarthys veto for the councils 2024 budget.

The Schenectady City council will hold a special budget meeting on Thursday night to vote on Mayor Gary McCarthys veto for the councils 2024 budget.

Carl Williams was the sole city leader to literally stand up and acknowledge that even more work might be needed on the budget

The mayors decision sends the council back to the drawing board — now needing a five-vote supermajority to overturn McCarthys decision, just over a month before the new year.

The Schenectady City Council is preparing for an increase to the income limit for property tax exemptions for seniors. The limit has been $37,399 and the council proposes raising it to $40,400.

SCHENECTADY — The Schenectady City Councils prolonged budget discussions culminated on Monday evening with the passage of a $109 million budget for 2024, but not before a new, yet familiar,