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City lawyers say tax-cap override would require local-law process and supermajority
Summary
Assistant corporation counsel advised Schenectady City Council that exceeding the tax cap would require a local-law process and supermajority votes to both adopt a local law and the budget that includes the increase.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Brian O'Brien told the Schenectady City Council that if the council wants to exceed the statutory tax cap it must follow the city's local-law process and secure supermajority approval.
O'Brien said the local law would have to go through the city's standard local-law procedure and that the council would need a supermajority to approve an override of the tax levy.…
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