New City Patch School District Voters Guide

Editor's Note: The deadline for school districts to receive school budget ballots has been extended. Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order Sunday saying the ballots can be accepted by hand delivery through 5 p.m. Tuesday or received by mail through June 16 by the school district. SEE: Cuomo Extends Deadline For Mail-In School Budget Ballots

NEW CITY, NY — New York residents are asked to vote on their local school district's budget and board of education by mail this year because of the new coronavirus pandemic.

That meant New York's 700 districts ordered absentee ballots and envelopes for every registered voter. That meant that problems such as the paper shortage plaguing communities during the beginning of the pandemic became problems for the districts.

Under Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive order, ballots must be returned to the District Clerk by 5 p.m. June 9 though some political officials are trying to have the deadline extended.

Here are fast facts about the ballot in Clarkstown.

School District

Voting information

School district officials have posted an instructional video on how to fill out the ballots mailed last week.

Important: An oath envelope that is not signed must be rejected under the law.

Board of Education

There are three candidates running for two seats on the Board of Education: School trustees serve three year terms and are unpaid.

• Phillip DeGaetano
• Zizette Deutsch (incumbent)
• David Gosman (incumbent)

School budget

• Proposed for 2020-21: $212,814,204
• Decrease over current spending: $4.1 million
• Tax levy increase: 1.4 percent

Second proposition: Establish capital reserve fund

SEE: Clarkstown Sets Hearing On $212 Million School Budget For 2020-21