Prattsburgh, NY 2026 School Tax Increase -

"A budget that grew less than 1% needs a 37.4% tax increase."

"For more than a decade, Prattsburgh school taxes barely moved. Now the district is asking residents to raise the local levy by roughly $1 million in a single year, eighteen times the entire eleven-year increase that came before it. The first attempt failed on May 19. The same budget is back on the ballot Tuesday, June 16, 2026, noon to 8 p.m., school cafetorium."

Source:  Joe Elward - Prattsburgh Budget Explainer-https://pcsfacts.org/#starthere

This is the projected tax increase I am facing, according to this source, based on my own Steuben County property records listing at "Full Market Value."

https://beacon.schneidercorp.com/Application.aspx?AppID=1299&LayerID=44487&PageTypeID=4&PageID=16762&Q=190967980&KeyValue=466000048.00-01-008.200

Last year

$882

at $8.81 per $1,000

If it passes

$1,222

+$341

If it fails (contingency)

$889

+$7

Based on this information (should this budget pass), I could expect another increase to my mortgage payment of about $40.00 per month, following a previous increase in School Tax and Property Insurance this past year (2025) of about $15.00 per month.

This is also occurring during increasing costs due to inflation, and while a bridge replacement and major renovation of adjacent athletic fields continue on Route 74, requiring a road closure and detour since March.  Another tax increase is being proposed for 2027-28.

(More to follow)

Sources:

https://www.weny.com/news/prattsburgh-residents-react-to-failed-proposed-school-budget/article_21c5106d-971e-43e1-aa9d-015bb942601f.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvbTqZkwb0U