Comptroller Rejects Yonkers Budget

Submitted by Chris Gaetano on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 09:50

The New York State Comptroller’s Office has rejected the City of Yonkers’ budget, saying that it appropriates too much of the operating surplus, which would have been used to preserve teaching jobs, and fails to adequately explain how it will support its fire department for the 2012-2013 fiscal year, after the mayor sought to save $6 million in overtime costs, according to Politics on the Hudson. With less than a week before the start of the new fiscal year, Yonkers is scrambling to produce a new budget that addresses the comptroller’s concerns, in close consultation with the comptroller, according to the Journal News. The mayor and superintendant are in the process of adjusting their plans, which a spokeswoman said nonetheless will not include any new cuts in personal, though it remains uncertain whether the mayor’s proposed changes to overtime policy will remain, continued the Journal News.

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