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May 18, 2010 Election

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    Member, Board of Education; Ardsley Union Free School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Joanne G. Sold
      1289 votes 50.9%
    • Frank J. Hariton
      1241 votes 49.0%
    • (1 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.0%)

    Member, Board of Education; Briarcliff Manor Union Free School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Member, Board of Education; Bronxville Union Free School District; Seat currently held by Linda FrankenbachClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Denise Tormey
      302 votes 100.0%

    Member, Board of Education; Bronxville Union Free School District; Seat currently held by Thomas KenneyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Charles Cain
      282 votes 100.0%

    Member, Board of Education; Bronxville Union Free School District; Seat currently held by Tibisay GuzmanClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • David Brashear
      284 votes 100.0%

    Member, Board of Education; Byram Hills Central School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Alban C. Burke
    • Robin Glat
    • Joyce E. Meiklejohn
    • Alka Kaminer

    Member, Board of Education; Chappaqua Central School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Member, Chappaqua Library Board; Chappaqua Central School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Member, Board of Education; Croton-Harmon Union Free School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Member, Board of Education; Dobbs Ferry Union Free School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Member, Board of Education; Eastchester Union Free School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Member, Board of Education; Edgemont Union Free School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (4 Elected)
    Gerald Stoughton will fill the unexpired term of Allan Pepper, ending on June 30, 2012

    • David Chao
      740 votes 22.4%
    • Thomas McCormack
      710 votes 21.5%
    • David M.C. Stern
      689 votes 20.9%
    • Gerald Stoughton
      660 votes 20.0%
    • Caroline Tzelios
      505 votes 15.3%

    Member, Board of Education; Elmsford Union Free School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Matthew R.C. Evans
      295 votes 40.5%
    • Josephine Iris Bazan-Bass
      219 votes 30.1%
    • Michael Colasuonno
      214 votes 29.4%

    Member, Board of Education; Greenburgh Central School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Member, Board of Education; Harrison Central School District; Seat currently held by Abby MendelsohnClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Abby Mendelsohn
      1926 votes 100.0%

    Member, Board of Education; Harrison Central School District; Seat currently held by Robert S. AmatoClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • JasonSchechter
      1733 votes 71.4%
    • Naomi Oppmann
      693 votes 28.6%

    Member, Board of Education; Hastings-On-Hudson Union Free School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Wendy B. Naidich
      1357 votes 30.9%
    • Caryn Campbell
      1333 votes 30.3%
    • Douglas Hill
      858 votes 19.5%
    • Lorraine Harner
      849 votes 19.3%

    Member, Board of Education; Hendrick Hudson Central School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Member, Board of Education; Irvington Union Free School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Member, Board of Education; Katonah-Lewisboro Union Free School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Peter Treyz
      2779 votes 29.1%
    • Mark Lipton
      2344 votes 24.6%
    • Peter Breslin
      2267 votes 23.8%
    • Kenneth Aufsesser
      2140 votes 22.4%
    • (6 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.1%)

    Member, Board of Education; Lakeland Central School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Elizabeth Kogler
      1821 votes 26.2%
    • Steve Korn
      1579 votes 22.7%
    • Steve Rosen
      1445 votes 20.8%
    • Michael Sitzer
      1147 votes 16.5%
    • Frederick Portella
      959 votes 13.8%

    Member, Board of Education; Mamaroneck Union Free School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Member, Board of Education; Bedford Central School District; Seat currently held by Paula KumarClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Jennifer Gerken
      1807 votes 54.4%
    • Michael Solomon
      1516 votes 45.6%

    Member, Board of Education; Bedford Central School District; Seat currently held by Erika LongClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Member, Board of Education; Bedford Central School District; Seat currently held by Donna MarinoClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Member, Board of Education; Mount Vernon City School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Member, Board of Education; Mount Pleasant Central School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Member, Board of Education; New Rochelle City School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Member, Library Board; New Rochelle City School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • George K. Walters

    Member, Board of Education; North Salem Central School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (4 Elected)
    Jonathan Freeman will fill the unexpired term ending June 30, 2011

    Member, Board of Education; Ossining Union Free School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Member, Board of Education; Peekskill City School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Tuesday McDonald
      713 votes 26.9%
    • Michael Simpkins
      703 votes 26.5%
    • Lisbeth Bock
      652 votes 24.6%
    • Conrad McMillan
      587 votes 22.1%

    Member, Board of Education; Pelham Union Free School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Lisa Kiernan
      1059 votes 35.0%
    • Martha R. Arden
      985 votes 32.5%
    • Margaret A. O'Leary
      985 votes 32.5%

    Member, Board of Education; Pleasantville Union Free School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Shane McGaffey
      1026 votes 58.5%
    • Louis Conte
      728 votes 41.5%

    Member, Board of Education; Pocantico Hills Central School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Frederic Rickles
      291 votes 38.7%
    • Emily Segal
      239 votes 31.8%
    • Theodore M. Sabety
      221 votes 29.4%

    Member, Board of Education; Port Chester-Rye Union Free School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Carolee C. Brakewood
      753 votes 42.3%
    • Peter J. Mutino
      748 votes 42.0%
    • Frank R. Stever
      280 votes 15.7%

    Member, Board of Education; Putnam Valley Central School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Jeanine M. Rufo
      799 votes 30.2%
    • Joseph A. Ferraro
      586 votes 22.1%
    • Bruce Johnson
      564 votes 21.3%
    • Edward Wallach
      385 votes 14.6%
    • James Scolaro
      279 votes 10.5%
    • (33 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.2%)

    Member, Board of Education; Blind Brook-Rye Union Free School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Sheri Zakower
      776 votes 49.4%
    • Wendy Z. Adler
      428 votes 27.2%
    • Richard F. Hubert
      367 votes 23.4%

    Member, Board of Education; Rye City School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Kendall Egan
      1227 votes 50.6%
    • Kathryn Keohane
      1187 votes 49.0%
    • (9 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.4%)

    Member, Board of Education; Rye Neck Union Free School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Guy Pipolo
      662 votes 51.6%
    • Bonni Gottlieb
      620 votes 48.4%

    Member, Board of Education; Scarsdale Union Free School District; Seat currently held by Jeffrey BlattClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Suzanne Seiden
      1773 votes 65.2%
    • Robert Harrison
      941 votes 34.6%
    • (4 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.1%)

    Member, Board of Education; Scarsdale Union Free School District; Seat currently held by Elizabeth GuggenheimerClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Elizabeth Guggenheimer
      1997 votes 99.9%
    • (3 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.1%)

    Member, Board of Education; Scarsdale Union Free School District; Seat currently held by Jill SpielerClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Jill Spieler
      1978 votes 100.0%

    Member, Board of Education; Scarsdale Union Free School District; Seat currently held by Joel GurinClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Lewis Leone, Jr.
      2019 votes 99.9%
    • (3 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.1%)

    Member, Board of Education; Somers Central School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Joanne Iannacchino
      1579 votes 33.8%
    • Anthony Cirieco
      1566 votes 33.6%
    • Ifay Chang
      1521 votes 32.6%

    Member, Board of Education; Union Free School District of the TarrytownsClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Paul Rode
      881 votes 50.8%
    • Vincent Nadile
      852 votes 49.2%

    Member, Board of Education; Tuckahoe Union Free School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Member, Board of Education; Valhalla Union Free School District; Seat currently held by Christine PetrilloClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Christine Petrillo
      545 votes 52.9%
    • Joseph Garbus
      486 votes 47.1%

    Member, Board of Education; Valhalla Union Free School District; Seat currently held by Judith BevilleClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Laverne Clark
      533 votes 54.2%
    • Denise Horton
      451 votes 45.8%

    Member, Board of Education; White Plains City School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Charlie Norris
      1783 votes 50.3%
    • Sheryl Brady
      1761 votes 49.7%

    No School District Vote: Board of Trustees is Appointed; Yonkers City School District

    Member, Board of Education; Yorktown Central School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (4 Elected)
    Michael Magnani will serve in the unexpired term ending on June 30, 2011

    • Karen Corrado
      1459 votes 25.9%
    • Peter Bisaccia
      1408 votes 25.0%
    • Tom Donatelli
      1406 votes 25.0%
    • Michael Magnani
      1356 votes 24.1%

    Local Propositions

    Proposition AUFSD-1 School Budget Vote -- Ardsley Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 1100 / 65.8% Yes votes ...... 573 / 34.2% No votes
    Shall the sum of $56,247,000 be appropriated to meet the estimated expenditures for school purposes for the 2010-2011 school year, and the taxes levied and collected in accordance with the law to meet same."

    Proposition BCSD-1 School Budget Vote -- Bedford Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 2304 / 60.3% Yes votes ...... 1514 / 39.7% No votes
    Shall the sum of $116,481,160 be appropriated to meet the estimated expenditures for school purposes of the Bedford Central School District for the fiscal year 2010-2011 and shall that same sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be raised by a tax on taxable property of the school district?

    Proposition BBRUFSD-1 School Budget Vote -- Blind Brook-Rye Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 1006 / 72.2% Yes votes ...... 388 / 27.8% No votes
    Shall the proposed budget or estimate of expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year (July 1, 2010 + June 30, 2011) presented by the Board of Education in the amount of $39,310,694 be approved and the taxes in the necessary amount therefore be levied?

    Proposition BrUFSD School Budget Vote -- Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 998 / 72.7% Yes votes ...... 374 / 27.3% No votes
    Shall the 2010-2011 budget for the Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District in the amount of $49,500,000 be approved?

    Proposition BrUFSD-1 Establishment of a Student Board of Education Member -- Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 894 / 70.9% Yes votes ...... 367 / 29.1% No votes
    Shall the Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District establish the office of student Board Member, a non-voting member of the Board of Education, who may sit with and participate with the Board of Education at all public meetings, except executive sessions, effective July 1, 2010?

    Proposition BxUFSD School Budget Vote -- Bronxville Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 238 / 67.6% Yes votes ...... 114 / 32.4% No votes
    RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Bronxville Union Free School District, Town of Eachester, Westchester County, New York is hereby authorized to make expenditures as estimated in the Proposed Budget in the amount of Forty Three Million, Four Hundred Ninety Six Thousand, Six Hundred Fifteen Dollars ($43,496,615) and to raise taxes therefor.

    Proposition BHCSD-1 School Budget Vote -- Byram Hills Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Shall the Board of Education of BYRAM HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT be authorized to expend for budgetary purposes in the school year 2010-2011 the sum of $78,048,596 and to levy the necessary tax therefor upon the taxable property of the School District?

    Proposition BHCSD-2 Transportation Facility -- Byram Hills Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Shall (a) the Board of Education of the Byram Hills Central School District at Armonk, in the County of Westchester, New York (the "District") be hereby authorized to construct additions and make alterations and improvements to the District's existing transportation facility and the site thereof, consisting of the expansion of the existing building by approximately 2,250 square feet, the conversion of a shed located at the transportation facility to a manual bus wash bay station, parking and asphalt improvements, including the construction of new parking areas and an entrance to the facility, and drainage and irrigation improvements; the foregoing to include furnishings, equipment, machinery, apparatus and ancillary or related site work required in connection therewith; and to expend therefor including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto, an amount not to exceed the estimated maximum cost of $1,900,000, and (b) that said amount of $1,900,000 is hereby appropriated therefor and authorized to be transferred from unappropriated fund balance in the general fund from the 2009-2010 school year to the capital fund and expended from the funds of the District currently on hand and available for the foregoing.

    Proposition CCSD-1 School Budget Vote -- Chappaqua Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
    RESOLVED: That the Board of Education of Chappaqua Central School District be and hereby is authorized to expend the sum of $109,391,348 set forth in the School District Budget for the School Year 2010-2011, and that the necessary tax be levied therefor.

    Proposition CCSD-2 Chappaqua Library Budget Vote -- Chappaqua Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
    RESOLVED: That there is hereby appropriated the sum of $2,715,799 for the Chappaqua Central School District Public Library for the School Year 2010-2011, and that the necessary tax be levied therefor.

    Proposition CHUFSD-1 School Budget Vote -- Croton-Harmon Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 829 / 64.0% Yes votes ...... 466 / 36.0% No votes
    RESOLVED that there be raised by tax upon all the taxable property in the Croton-Harmon School District such amount as will with moneys otherwise available produce the sum of $43,860,828 as contemplated by the budget prepared by the Board of Education on April 12, 2010.

    Proposition CHUFSD-2 Croton Free Library Budget Vote -- Croton-Harmon Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 920 / 66.9% Yes votes ...... 456 / 33.1% No votes
    RESOLVED that there be raised by tax upon all the taxable property in this district the sum of $782,097 for the support of the Croton Free Library.

    Proposition CHUFSD-3 Bond Proposition -- Croton-Harmon Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 889 / 65.0% Yes votes ...... 478 / 35.0% No votes
    RESOLVED:Is the Board of Education authorized to transfer an amount not to exceed $400,000 from the unappropriated fund balance to a Capital Fund, to relocate the Video Production classroom and partially construct 2 science laboratories in its place, in Croton-Harmon High School, including construction, reconstruction and professional services necessary therefore? The relocation of the Video Production classroom and construction of the science laboratories are multi-year projects, the total cost of which shall not exceed $1,000,000 and may be subject to future propositions.

    Proposition CHUFSD-4 Bond Proposition -- Croton-Harmon Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 772 / 55.9% Yes votes ...... 608 / 44.1% No votes
    RESOLVED: (a) That the Board of Education of the Croton-Harmon Union Free School District, in the County of Westchester, New York (the "District"), is hereby authorized to purchase various school buses, and to expend therefore an amount not to exceed $300,000; (b) that a tax is hereby voted therefore in the amount of not to exceed $300,000 to finance such cost, such tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; and (c) that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the principal amount of not to exceed $300,000 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable.

    Proposition DFUFSD-1 School Budget Vote -- Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 547 / 67.3% Yes votes ...... 266 / 32.7% No votes
    RESOLVED, that the sum of $38,254,774 shall be appropriated to meet the estimated expenditures for school purposes for 2010-11 and that a tax be levied in accordance with the law to meet the same.

    Proposition DFUFSD-2 Renovation and Expansion of 3 Science Classrooms at High School -- Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 550 / 73.1% Yes votes ...... 202 / 26.9% No votes
    Shall the Board of Education of the Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District, Westchester County, New York, be authorized to increase the budget for the renovation and expansion of three science classrooms at the High School, including associated costs and expenses, at a maximum estimated additional cost of $750,000, to be funded through the transfer of the amount of $750,000 from the Capital Reserve for Facility Improvements

    Proposition DFUFSD-3 Replacement of Seating, Flooring & Removal of Asbestos at H.S. Auditorium -- Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 595 / 74.5% Yes votes ...... 204 / 25.5% No votes
    Shall the Board of Education of the Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District, Westchester County, New York, be authorized to replace seating, flooring and perform asbestos removal at the auditorium of the High School, including associated costs and expenses, at a maximum estimated cost of $300,000, to be funded through the transfer of the amount of $300,000 from the Capital Reserve for Facility Improvements to the capital fund for such purpose, to pay the cost of the renovations.

    Proposition EdUFSD-1 School Budget Vote -- Edgemont Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 764 / 77.5% Yes votes ...... 222 / 22.5% No votes
    RESOLVED, that the sum $48,536,793 shall be appropriated to meet the estimated expenditures for school purposes for 2010-2011 and that a tax be levied in accordance with the law to meet the same.

    Proposition ElUFSD-1 School Budget Vote -- Elmsford Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 230 / 53.2% Yes votes ...... 202 / 46.8% No votes
    Shall the School Budget as proposed by the Board of Education for the school year 2010-2011 in the amount of $29,036,512 be adopted and the necessary taxes be levied thereon?

    Proposition ElUFSD-2 Transfer of Funds to Capital Fund for Energy Improvements -- Elmsford Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 251 / 64.4% Yes votes ...... 139 / 35.6% No votes
    Is the Board of Education authorized to transfer a sum, not exceeding $3,500,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance to the Capital Fund for the purpose of funding energy improvements, including, but not limited to replacing boilers and converting steam heat to hot water heat at the Alice Grady Elementary School, replacing lighting in all schools with high energy efficient lighting and replacing control systems in all schools, as well as replacing windows at the Alexander Hamilton Middle/High School and other construction, maintenance and repair projects noted in the School District Building Condition Survey?

    Proposition EUFSD-1 School Budget Vote -- Eastchester Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 1791 / 56.1% Yes votes ...... 1399 / 43.9% No votes
    Shall Eastchester Union Free School District of the Town of Eastchester, Westchester County, New York, adopt a budget for the school year 2010-11 for the Schools comprising said Eastchester Union Free School District, in the gross sum of $69,062,271 and raise the necessary taxes required for said budget in one sum by tax upon the taxable property of the District?

    Proposition GCSD School Budget Vote -- Greenburgh Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 534 / 54.5% Yes votes ...... 446 / 45.5% No votes
    RESOLVED that the budget for the year commencing July 1, 2010 be adopted in the amount of $56,400,000, the said sums be appropriated, and that taxes be levied in the amount necessary therefor.

    Proposition GCSD-1 Voter Registration in Office of District Clerk During Office Hours? -- Greenburgh Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 633 / 70.1% Yes votes ...... 270 / 29.9% No votes
    Should the Board of Education of Greenburgh Central School District No. 7 be authorized to conduct voter registration during regular office hours in the Office of the District Clerk?

    Proposition HCSD-1 School Budget Vote -- Harrison Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 1586 / 56.6% Yes votes ...... 1214 / 43.4% No votes
    RESOLVED: that the annual School District Budget for the 2010-2011 school year as proposed by the Board of Education in accordance with Section 1716 of the Education Law, in the amount of $101,143,123 be approved, and the necessary taxes levied therefore upon the taxable real property of the School District.

    Proposition HHCSD School Budget Vote -- Hendrick Hudson Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 1102 / 58.2% Yes votes ...... 791 / 41.8% No votes
    Resolved, that the Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District of Cortlandt in the County of Westchester be and hereby is authorized to expend the sum of $68,560,000 for the General Budget and to levy the necessary tax therefor.

    Proposition HHCSD-1 Purchase of School Buses and Vans -- Hendrick Hudson Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 1039 / 57.4% Yes votes ...... 770 / 42.6% No votes
    Resolved: (a) That the Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District in the County of Westchester, New York (the "District"), is hereby authorized to purchase various school buses and vans for use by the District, and to expend therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and the financing thereof, an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of $534,246; (b) that a tax is hereby voted therefor in the aggregate amount of not to exceed $534,246to pay such cost, said tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; and (c) that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the principal amount of not to exceed $534,246 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable.

    Proposition HHCSD-2 Hendrick Hudson Free Library Budget Vote -- Hendrick Hudson Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 1122 / 64.4% Yes votes ...... 620 / 35.6% No votes
    Resolved, that the sum of $776,467 raised by tax to be applied in support of the Hendrick Hudson Free Library which has been registered by the State Board of Regents in the State of New York which sum shall be raised by a levy of taxes on the taxable property of said school district.

    Proposition HOH-1 School Budget Vote -- Hastings-On-Hudson Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 1564 / 70.5% Yes votes ...... 654 / 29.5% No votes
    Shall the Board of Education of the Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District, Town of Greenburgh, New York, be authorized to expend the sums set forth in the 2010-2011 Annual Budget in the total amount of $42,441,795.00 and to levy the necessary tax therefore?

    Proposition IUFSD-1 School Budget Vote -- Irvington Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Irvington Union Free School District, Town of Greenburgh in the County of Westchester, New York be and hereby is authorized: To appropriate the sum set forth $49,869,676 for the fiscal year 2010-2011 and to levy the necessary tax therefore.

    Proposition KLUFSD-1 School Budget Vote -- Katonah-Lewisboro Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Fail: 2177 / 48.1% Yes votes ...... 2348 / 51.9% No votes
    RESOLVED, that the 2010-2011 budget, be and the same is hereby adopted for the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures, and authorizing the levy of tax of and for said Katonah-Lewisboro Union Free School District, Westchester County, New York, as set forth in the detailed statement of expenditures, which will be required for school purposes and for estimated district expenses for the ensuing year, in the amount of $111,028,613.

    Proposition KLUFSD-2 Purchase of Buses and Vans -- Katonah-Lewisboro Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Fail: 2012 / 45.2% Yes votes ...... 2435 / 54.8% No votes
    RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Katonah-Lewisboro Union Free School District, Westchester County, New York, is hereby authorized to purchase and pay for six (6) seventy-eight (78) passenger school buses at a cost of approximately $135,000 each; five (5) twenty (20) passenger vans at a cost of approximately $60,000 each; at a total cost not to exceed $1,110,000 which sum shall be raised by a levy on the taxable property of the School District and collected in annual installments as provided in Section 416 of the Education Law, and in anticipation of such tax, issue obligations of the School District.

    Proposition LCSD-1 School Budget Vote -- Lakeland Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 1703 / 62.6% Yes votes ...... 1018 / 37.4% No votes
    RESOLVED, that the sum of $151,501,606 shall be appropriated to meet the estimated expenditures for school purposes for the school year 2010-2011 and that the Board of Education be authorized to levy taxes to meet the same.

    Proposition LCSD-2 Purchase of School Vehicles -- Lakeland Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 1508 / 57.6% Yes votes ...... 1109 / 42.4% No votes
    RESOLVED(a)That the Board of Education of the Lakeland Central School District of Shrub Oak, in the County of Westchester, New York (the "District"), is hereby authorized to purchase various school vehicles for use by the District and to expend therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof, an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of $392,000; (b) that a tax is hereby voted in the aggregate amount of not to exceed $392,000 to pay such cost, said tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; and (c) that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the principal amount of not to exceed $392,000 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable.

    Proposition MmUFSD-1 School Budget Vote -- Mamaroneck Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Shall appropriation of the sum of $122,167,894 estimated expenditures for school purposes for the fiscal year 2010-2011 be approved and the Board of Education be authorized to levy taxes to meet the same?

    Proposition MPCSD-1 School Budget Vote -- Mount Pleasant Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Shall the Board of Education of the Mount Pleasant Central School District be authorized to expend the sums set forth in the 2010/2011 Annual Budget in the total amount of $50,381,000., and to levy the necessary tax therefore?

    Proposition MVCSD-1 School Budget Vote -- Mount Vernon City School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Fail: 470 / 18.8% Yes votes ...... 2026 / 81.2% No votes
    Resolved: That the 2010-2011 General Fund Budget hereby adopted for the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures and that the Board of Education of the Mount Vernon City School District, Westchester County, New York, be authorized to expend an amount not to exceed $202,860,580 for General Fund purposes and to levy the tax necessary therefore.

    Proposition MVCSD-2 Bus Transportation for K-8 Students more than 1.5 Miles Away -- Mount Vernon City School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Fail: 847 / 36.9% Yes votes ...... 1447 / 63.1% No votes
    Shall the Mount Vernon City School District be authorized to provide transportation for the City of Mount Vernon students in grades K-8 who reside more than 1.5 miles to/from the school they legally attend effective the 2010-2011 school year.

    Proposition NRCSD School Budget Vote -- New Rochelle City School District (Majority Approval Required)
    RESOLVED, that the general fund proposed budget of expenditures of the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, for the 2010-2011 school year in the amount of $224,883,303 for the purposes shown in the statement of estimated expenditures be and hereby is approved and authorized to be submitted to the voters at the Annual School Election/Budget Vote, May 18, 2010; and the amount thereof shall be raised by a levy of a tax upon taxable property located within the school district, after first deducting the monies available from State Aid and other sources as provided by law?

    Proposition NRCSD-L Library Budget Vote -- New Rochelle City School District (Majority Approval Required)
    RESOLVED, that the general fund proposed budget of expenditures of the New Rochelle Public Library of the City School District of the City of New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, for the 2010-2011 year in the amount of $4,496,547.81 for the purposes shown in the statement of estimated expenditures be and hereby is approved and authorized to be submitted to the voters at the Annual Library Election/Budget Vote, May 18, 2010; and the amount thereof shall be raised by a levy of a tax upon taxable property located within the school district, after first deducting the monies available from other sources as provided by law?

    Proposition NRCSD-L1 Bond Resolution for Library Improvements -- New Rochelle City School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Shall Resolution adopted by the New Rochelle Public Library Board of Trustees at their meeting on February 11, 2010, to wit "BOND RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE RECONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE NEW ROCHELLE PUBLIC LIBRARY AT A MAXIMUM COST OF $3,000,000; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF NOT EXCEEDING $3,000,000 BONDS (25-YEAR MAXIMUM MATURITY); PROVIDING FOR A TAX LEVY THEREFOR IN ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS; AND PLEDGING THE DISTRICT'S FAITH AND CREDIT FOR DEBT SERVICE", be approved?

    Proposition NSCSD-1 School Budget Vote -- North Salem Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 699 / 55.3% Yes votes ...... 564 / 44.7% No votes
    RESOLVED, that the sum of $38,088,703.00 shall be appropriated to meet the estimated expenditures for school purposes for the school year 2010-2011, and that the Board of Education be authorized to levy taxes to meet the same.

    Proposition NSCSD-2 School Facilities Improvement Project -- North Salem Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 514 / 53.9% Yes votes ...... 439 / 46.1% No votes
    RESOLVED, That the Board of Education of the North Salem Central School District, in the County of Westchester, New York (the "District"), is hereby authorized to undertake a school facilities improvement project (the "Project"), consisting of HVAC system upgrades and boiler replacement at Pequenakonck Elementary School and security system replacement at both the Elementary School and Middle/High School buildings, and other work in connection therewith, including preliminary costs, and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof, in an amount not to exceed $1,300,000; that a tax is hereby voted in the amount of not to exceed $1,300,000 to finance such costs, such tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; and that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable

    Proposition OUFSD-1 School Budget Vote -- Ossining Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Fail: 1386 / 47.1% Yes votes ...... 1556 / 52.9% No votes
    RESOLVED: that the School District Budget, as proposed by the Ossining Board of Education for the 2010-2011 school year, in the amount of $102,293,954 be adopted and the necessary tax levied therefore.

    Proposition OUFSD-2 Ossining Public Library Budget Vote -- Ossining Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    RESOLVED, that the proposed budget in the amount of $3,822,016.00, proposed by the Board of Trustees of the Ossining Public Library, be approved, and a tax on the taxable property of the District in the total amount of $3,522,016.00 be levied therefore, pursuant to Section 259 of New York State Education Law.

    Proposition PCRUFSD School Budget Vote -- Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 901 / 52.1% Yes votes ...... 827 / 47.9% No votes
    Shall the Budget for the fiscal year 2010-2011 as proposed by the Board of Education in the gross amount of $77,285,465 be adopted?

    Proposition PCSD-1 School Budget Vote -- Peekskill City School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 582 / 56.1% Yes votes ...... 456 / 43.9% No votes
    RESOLVED, that the sum of $70,980,246 shall be appropriated to meet the estimated expenditures for school purposes of the Peekskill City School District for the fiscal year 2010/2011 and that said sum or so much thereof as may be necessary shall be raised by the levy of a tax on the taxable property of the school district.

    Proposition PUFSD School Budget Vote -- Pelham Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 833 / 63.6% Yes votes ...... 476 / 36.4% No votes
    Shall the budget for the school year 2010-2011 amounting to $61,538,148 be adopted and shall the Board of Education be authorized to raise a tax on the taxable property of the District in such amount as may be necessary to provide for such expenditure?

    Proposition PHCSD-1 School Budget Vote -- Pocantico Hills Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Fail: 192 / 47.2% Yes votes ...... 215 / 52.8% No votes
    Shall the Board of Education of this school district be authorized to expend the sums set forth in the proposed 2010-2011 annual budget in the amount of $25,973,765 and to levy the necessary tax therefore?

    Proposition PHCSD-2 School Bus Purchase -- Pocantico Hills Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 244 / 60.8% Yes votes ...... 157 / 39.2% No votes
    Shall the proposition set forth in the notice of this meeting authorizing the purchase of one approximately 20 passenger bus, and one approximately 60 passenger bus at an estimated cost not to exceed $145,000 and that the maximum estimated cost of the foregoing, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be raised by the levy of a tax upon the taxable property of said school district and collected in annual installments as provided by Section 416 of the Education Law; and, in anticipation of such tax, obligations of said School District shall be issued?

    Proposition PlUFSD-A School Budget Vote -- Pleasantville Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 935 / 50.3% Yes votes ...... 924 / 49.7% No votes
    Shall the Board of Education of Pleasantville Union Free School District, Westchester County, New York be authorized to expend the sums set forth in the 2010-2011 Annual Budget in the total amount of $44,682,773.00 and to levy the necessary tax therefor?

    Proposition PVCSD School Budget Vote -- Putnam Valley Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 883 / 58.1% Yes votes ...... 638 / 41.9% No votes
    Shall the 2010-11 school district budget, as submitted by the Board of Education, be hereby approved and the Board of Education be authorized to expend the sum of $43,860,709 for the school year July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011 and to levy the necessary tax therefore.

    Proposition RCSD School Budget Vote -- Rye City School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 942 / 58.7% Yes votes ...... 663 / 41.3% No votes
    RESOLVED: That the Rye City School District Budget for the school year July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, in the amount of $69,719,000.00 as set forth in the detailed statement of the budget, be adopted and that the Rye City School District Board of Education be authorized to levy the necessary taxes therefor.

    Proposition RNUFSD-1 School Budget Vote -- Rye Neck Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 571 / 66.9% Yes votes ...... 282 / 33.1% No votes
    Shall the proposed budget or estimate of expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year (July 1, 2010 + June 20, 2011) presented by the Board of Education in the amount of $34,880,460 be approved and a tax in said amount be levied upon the taxable property of the district.

    Proposition SCSD School Budget Vote -- Somers Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 1361 / 66.6% Yes votes ...... 683 / 33.4% No votes
    Shall the following Resolution be adopted? "RESOLVED, that the sum of $78,911,066 shall be appropriated to meet the estimated expenditures for school purposes for 2010-2011 and that the Board of Education be authorized to levy taxes to meet the same."

    Proposition ScUFSD School Budget Vote -- Scarsdale Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 1887 / 72.0% Yes votes ...... 733 / 28.0% No votes
    RESOLVED, that the sum of One Hundred Thirty-four Million, Million, Seven Hundred Forty-three Thousand, Nine Hundred Thirty-eight Dollars ($134,743,938), of which Two Hundred Seven Thousand, One Hundred Ninety-seven Dollars ($207,197) is for the cost of transportation beyond that mandated by law, shall be appropriated to meet the estimated expenditures for school purposes for the school year 2010-11, and that the Board of Education be authorized to levy the necessary taxes to meet the same.

    Proposition TrUFSD-1a School Budget Vote -- Union Free School District of the Tarrytowns (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 795 / 58.2% Yes votes ...... 571 / 41.8% No votes
    Shall the Board of Education of this school district be authorized to expend the sums set forth in the 2010-2011 annual budget in the amount of $63,440,147 and to levy the necessary tax thereof?

    Proposition TrUFSD-1b Mileage Limitation Change for Student Transportation -- Union Free School District of the Tarrytowns (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 935 / 72.3% Yes votes ...... 358 / 27.7% No votes
    Shall the Board of Education be authorized to change the mileage limitation for the transportation of students in the third grade from .3 miles from the school which they attend to .5 miles from the school which they attend, with an approximate cost savings of $100,000?

    Proposition TUFSD School Budget Vote -- Tuckahoe Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 472 / 52.5% Yes votes ...... 427 / 47.5% No votes
    RESOLVED, that the proposed budget of expenditures of the Tuckahoe Union Free School District for the 2010-2011 school year in the amount of $27,935,935 and for the purposes shown in the statement of estimated expenditures adopted by the Board of Education be and the same hereby is approved and the amount thereof shall be raised by a levy of a tax upon the taxable property of the school district, after first deducting the monies available from state aid and other sources as provided by law.

    Proposition VUFSD School Budget Vote -- Valhalla Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 602 / 53.3% Yes votes ...... 527 / 46.7% No votes
    There is hereby appropriated the sum of $41,882,131 to meet the estimated expenditures for school purposes for the fiscal year 2010-10, said sum to be raised by tax upon the taxable property of the district.

    Proposition WPCSD School Budget Vote -- White Plains City School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 1554 / 66.1% Yes votes ...... 796 / 33.9% No votes
    RESOLVED, that the budget for the 2010-2011 school year in the amount of $183,533,896 be adopted, and that the necessary taxes be levied therefor.

    Proposition YCSD-1 School Budget Vote -- Yorktown Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 1306 / 62.2% Yes votes ...... 793 / 37.8% No votes
    RESOLVED, that the Annual School District Budget for the fiscal year 2010-2011 in the amount of $ $89,941,000 and the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District be approved.

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