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The Schenectady City council will hold a special budget meeting on Thursday night to vote on Mayor Gary McCarthy's veto for the council's 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 mayor's decision sends the council back to the drawing board — now needing a five-vote supermajority to overturn McCarthy's 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 Council's prolonged budget discussions culminated on Monday evening with the passage of a $109 million budget for 2024, but not before a new, yet familiar,