Vote Tuesday: Hen Hud, Lakeland, Peekskill Board and Budget Votes

CORTLANDT, NY — New York residents are asked to vote on their local school district’s budget and board of education May 16. In some cases, library board and budget votes are also taking place. Here’s info on three neighboring school districts: Hendrick Hudson, Lakeland and Peekskill.

Hendrick Hudson

The spending plan for the Hendrick Hudson school district is $79,623,118 for 2017-18, and that's a big jump over the current budget, 4.9 percent. But the tax levy is only planned to rise 2.4 percent. The elephant in the room for Hen Hud is the planned closure of Indian Point, which will decimate the property tax base.

District officials are also asking voters to approve a proposition to spend up to $307,000 to replace aging buses, vehicles and equipment.

Residents will vote on a $908,500 budget for the Hendrick Hudson Free Library.

Also on the ballot: current Vice President Barbara Pettersen and newcomer Cory Notrica are running unopposed for two Hendrick Hudson school board seats.

Polls are open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Frank G. Lindsey Elementary School.

Learn more on the district's website.

Lakeland

The budget package for Lakeland Central School District is $162,716,765, up 0.75 percent from the current year’s spending plan.

Also on the ballot will be whether to establish a capital reserve fund up to $20 million with a maximum term of 10 years and a transportation bond for new buses and vehicles.

There are three open board seats with five people vying for them. For information on who is running, go here.

The polls on Tuesday will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Van Cortlandtville Elementary School, 3100 East Main St., Route 6, Mohegan Lake.

For more information, go to the district’s website.

Peekskill

The Peekskill Board of Education is proposing a 2017-18 budget of $89,634,989, which is 3.55 percent higher than current spending. That's only a 1 percent increase in the tax levy.

There's a contested race for school board seats. Peekskill school board incumbent Richard Sullivan faces newcomers Samuel North, Anabeli Gonzales Pomolaya and Branwen MacDonald. Read more here and here.

Polls are open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Peekskill High School.

The district's website is http://www.peekskillcsd.org/