Civic Finance

Budgets, levies, debt, fund balance and fiscal-stress data for local governments and school districts, straight from state filings.

Low fund balance

OSC FSMS fund balance ratio below 5% (municipalities) or unassigned fund balance below 1% (schools).

11 entities. Click a column heading to sort. Mixed classes are shown together only when you choose "All classes"; compare within one class for like-for-like figures. Percentile chips are within region and class. Download this view as CSV.

EntityClassCountyPopulation / enrollmentOperating spending per capita / pupilProperty tax per capita / pupilDebt per capita / pupilDebt service % of spendingState aid % of revenueSales tax % of revenueFund balance % (OSC FSMS)Spending growth, 5 AFR yrsLevy growthBudget per pupil (NYSED PTRC)FSMS fiscal scoreLast budget vote % yesOSC audits, 5 yrsFlags
City of PoughkeepsieCityDutchess32,499$3,033$1,053$1,5175.8%8.2%15.2%1.3%18%38.2%–57.5–0Recurring deficitsLow fund balanceLevy above tax capOSC stress designation
Town of HillsdaleTownColumbia1,811$1,759$572$2371.2%34.3%18%4.7%68.8%3%–19.2–0Low fund balance
Town of KentTownPutnam12,895$1,797$1,353$5913.2%3.1%0%-1.1%26.3%29.4%–75.4–0Recurring deficitsLow fund balanceLevy above tax capOSC stress designation
Town of La GrangeTownDutchess16,689$997$510$1,39417.1%7.9%10.1%0%27.5%14.3%–50.8–0Recurring deficitsLow fund balanceOSC stress designation
Village of CoxsackieVillageGreene2,662$2,037$695$3,4549.2%8.5%0.6%-11.5%26.8%33.5%–55–1Low fund balanceLevy above tax capOSC stress designation
Village of FloridaVillageOrange2,852$1,596$580$2242.7%3.1%13.3%0.8%0.3%4.4%–22.1–0Low fund balance
Village of LibertyVillageSullivan5,097$1,949$910$2,5818.3%7.4%0.5%-3.6%31.8%35.5%–63.3–0Recurring deficitsLow fund balanceRapid debt growthLevy above tax capOSC stress designation
Village of SaugertiesVillageUlster3,853$1,518$652$2,45315.7%3.8%2%-37.6%28.7%50.9%–––0Recurring deficitsLow fund balanceLevy above tax capFiling status
Village of South Blooming GroveVillageOrange3,810$1,913$326$1,66710.6%2.6%15.5%0%196.5%91.3%–––0Recurring deficitsLow fund balanceLevy above tax capFiling status
Village of TivoliVillageDutchess1,019$1,217$526$2932.3%2%9.2%0.4%52.9%8.9%–56.7–0Recurring deficitsLow fund balanceOSC stress designation
Village of WashingtonvilleVillageOrange5,640$1,638$708$2,7197.5%9.8%13.2%-4.6%32.2%––––3Recurring deficitsLow fund balanceLevy above tax capFiling status