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).

6 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
Burnt Hills Fire DistrictFire districtSaratoga––––17.1%0%––107.9%––––0Recurring deficitsLevy above tax cap
Quaker Street Fire DistrictFire districtSchenectady––––9.6%0%––18.7%––––2Recurring 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
Schonowe No. 7 Fire DistrictFire districtSchenectady––––16.7%0%––168.7%––––0Recurring deficitsLevy above tax cap
West Charlton Fire DistrictFire districtSaratoga––––16%0%––-10%––––0Recurring deficits