|
2003 STATEWIDE
DEBT CEILING REFERENDUM REVISITED |
Movement this month in the Senate and
Assembly on the Canestrari/Volker debt ceiling bill (A.10559/S,6929) has
prompted the Association to take a look back at the November 2003
statewide proposition to amend the constitutional debt limitation
imposed on small city school districts. Below is an analysis of vote
results by city and by county. Twenty four small cities passed this
resolution. Of the remaining small cities, many that did not pass were
defeated by a small margin, some districts by a mere handful of votes.
In Beacon, the proposition was voted down by seven votes, in Rensselaer
it was ten and in Glens Falls the proposition failed by thirteen votes.
The following is a list of other small cities that failed to pass the
resolution by fewer than 100 votes: Mechanicville (21), Newburgh (32),
Peekskill (47), Hornell (55), Rome (61), Port Jervis (73), Little Falls
(82), and Hudson (98).
Below are the results of the
referendum. Please feel free to contact our office with any questions.
|
VOTES BY
SMALL CITY |
% of vote |
|
|
yes
|
no
|
yes |
|
albany |
5,190 |
3,997
|
56% |
|
cohoes |
820 |
683
|
55% |
|
watervliet |
479 |
449
|
52% |
|
binghamton |
2,756 |
2,270
|
55% |
|
salamanca |
522 |
885
|
37% |
|
olean |
1,062 |
938
|
53% |
|
auburn |
1,618 |
1,572
|
51% |
|
dunkirk |
902 |
843
|
52% |
|
jamestown |
2,411 |
2,186
|
52% |
|
elmira |
1,080 |
1,367
|
44% |
|
norwich |
376 |
544
|
41% |
|
plattsburgh |
702 |
658
|
52% |
|
hudson |
463 |
561
|
45% |
|
cortland |
1,273 |
1,070
|
54% |
|
beacon |
652 |
659
|
50% |
|
poughkeepsie |
1,437 |
1,216
|
54% |
|
tonawanda |
1,162 |
1,266
|
48% |
|
lackawanna |
1,042 |
1,279
|
45% |
|
johnstown |
382 |
547
|
41% |
|
gloversville |
564 |
723
|
44% |
|
batavia |
968 |
879
|
52% |
|
little falls |
361 |
443
|
45% |
|
watertown |
798 |
1,390
|
36% |
|
oneida |
931 |
623
|
60% |
|
amsterdam |
929 |
1,379
|
40% |
|
glen cove |
1,313 |
1,293
|
50% |
|
long beach |
1,546 |
1,384
|
53% |
|
niagara
falls |
2,001 |
2,811
|
42% |
|
north
tonawanda |
1,710 |
2,617
|
40% |
|
lockport |
1,238 |
1,793
|
41% |
|
rome |
1,839 |
1,900
|
49% |
|
utica |
2,638 |
4,668
|
36% |
|
vvs* |
858 |
647
|
57% |
|
geneva |
661 |
912
|
42% |
|
canadaigua |
934 |
734
|
56% |
|
middletown
enlarged |
265 |
250
|
51% |
|
newburgh |
432 |
464
|
48% |
|
port jervis |
643 |
716
|
47% |
|
oswego |
1,368 |
1,459
|
48% |
|
oneonta |
671 |
446
|
60% |
|
rensselaer |
468 |
478
|
49% |
|
troy |
2,872 |
2,693
|
52% |
|
ogdensburg |
369 |
355
|
51% |
|
saratoga
springs |
2,604 |
2,510
|
51% |
|
mechanicville |
139 |
160
|
46% |
|
schenectady |
2,963 |
3,306
|
47% |
|
hornell |
374 |
429
|
47% |
|
corning |
507 |
826
|
38% |
|
ithaca |
1,172 |
1,060
|
53% |
|
kingston |
2,212 |
1,910
|
54% |
|
glens falls |
174 |
187
|
48% |
|
mount vernon |
902 |
1,144
|
44% |
|
new rochelle |
2,572 |
3,306
|
44% |
|
peekskill |
924 |
971
|
49% |
|
rye |
869 |
1,041
|
45% |
|
white plains |
1,684 |
1,853
|
48% |
|
Total |
67,802
|
72,750
|
48% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
VOTES BY
COUNTY
|
% of vote |
|
county |
yes
|
no
|
yes |
|
albany |
19,220 |
17,467 |
52% |
|
allegany |
1,888 |
2,607 |
42% |
|
broome |
9,774 |
9,380 |
51% |
|
cattararaugus |
4,722 |
5,549 |
46% |
|
cayuga |
4,307 |
4,969 |
46% |
|
chautauqua |
8,741 |
8,705 |
50% |
|
chemung |
2,891 |
|
