Civic Finance

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

Recurring deficits

General fund and operating funds both ran deficits in at least 2 of the last 3 AFR years (our calculation from OSC AFR data).

26 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
Accord Fire DistrictFire districtUlster––––0%3.7%––133.8%––––0Recurring deficitsFiling status
Bellona Fire DistrictFire districtYates––––62.8%0%––42.4%––––0Recurring deficits
Burnt Hills Fire DistrictFire districtSaratoga––––17.1%0%––107.9%––––0Recurring deficitsLevy above tax cap
Callicoon Fire DistrictFire districtSullivan––––10%0%––18.6%––––0Recurring deficitsLevy above tax cap
Ellenville Fire DistrictFire districtUlster––––11.7%0%––-18.6%––––0Recurring deficitsLevy above tax cap
Fairview Fire DistrictFire districtDutchess––––0%0%––106.5%––––3Recurring deficitsLevy above tax cap
Fishers Fire DistrictFire districtOntario––––0%0%––67.4%––––1Recurring deficitsLevy above tax cap
Laurelton Fire DistrictFire districtMonroe––––33.3%0%–––––––0Recurring deficitsFiling status
Marion Fire DistrictFire districtWayne––––0%0%––910.2%––––0Recurring deficitsLevy above tax cap
Mellenville Fire DistrictFire districtColumbia––––18.6%0%––44.8%––––0Recurring deficitsLevy above tax cap
North Chatham Fire DistrictFire districtColumbia––––40.6%4.5%––-3%––––0Recurring deficits
North East Joint Fire DistrictFire districtMonroe––––38.6%3.8%––-22.4%––––0Recurring deficits
Orange Lake Fire DistrictFire districtOrange––––11.7%0%––-16.1%––––0Recurring deficits
Pultneyville Fire DistrictFire districtWayne––––0%0%––119.8%––––0Recurring deficits
Quaker Street Fire DistrictFire districtSchenectady––––9.6%0%––18.7%––––2Recurring deficits
Ridge Culver Fire DistrictFire districtMonroe––––0%0%–––––––0Recurring deficitsFiling status
Ridge Road Fire DistrictFire districtMonroe––––2.2%0%––43%––––0Recurring deficitsRapid debt growthLevy above tax cap
Roscoe/Rockland Fire DistrictFire districtSullivan––––19.7%0%––46.4%––––0Recurring deficits
Rotterdam No. 2 Fire DistrictFire districtSchenectady––––24.8%0%––75.1%––––0Recurring deficitsRapid debt growthLevy above tax cap
Rotterdam No. 6 Fire DistrictFire districtSchenectady––––9.2%0%––5.3%––––0Recurring deficits
Savannah Fire DistrictFire districtWayne––––28.3%0%––54.8%––––0Recurring deficits
Schonowe No. 7 Fire DistrictFire districtSchenectady––––16.7%0%––168.7%––––0Recurring deficitsLevy above tax cap
Sodus Center Fire DistrictFire districtWayne––––0%0%–––––––0Recurring deficits
West Charlton Fire DistrictFire districtSaratoga––––16%0%––-10%––––0Recurring deficits
Wheatland-Scottsville Joint Fire DistrictFire districtMonroe––––41.4%0%––80.5%––––0Recurring deficits
Williamson Fire DistrictFire districtWayne––––0%0%––159.5%––––0Recurring deficitsLevy above tax cap