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Most polls in Nassau County and western Suffolk open at 6 a.m. or 7 a.m. Tuesday and close at 9 p.m. or 10 p.m. In eastern Suffolk, many polls open in the early afternoon and close around 8 p.m.
Long Islanders head to the polls Tuesday to vote on school districts' nearly $15.2 billion in proposed spending, as well as hundreds of school board candidates. Included in the budgets are a combined $9.5 billion in school property taxes.
The governor also praised the Elmont school district for lowering its taxes in recent years.
The school-aid boost for the Nassau-Suffolk region, approved by legislators Tuesday, comes on top of a $458 million hike in 2022-23 and a $417 million increase in 2021-22.
A state audit released late last month found that nearly 20% of the company's cash disbursements in 2017 and 2018 were for purposes deemed "inappropriate" or "unsupported."