Which Long Island school districts are over the tax cap?
3 of 121 Long Island school districts proposed 2025–26 tax levies above their state tax-cap limit, so their budgets need 60% of the vote to pass. The median district proposed raising its levy +2.5%.
This is the 2025–26 school year. See the latest year.
- Over the cap
- 3of 121
- Nassau 1, Suffolk 2
- Median levy change
- +2.5%
- proposed, per district
- Median budget change
- +2.9%
- proposed, per district
- Combined school levy
- $10.01billion
- +2.5% from last year
3 districts need a 60% supermajority
Proposed 2025–26 budgets and levies
Sorted by the proposed levy change. Click a column to sort. Download as CSV.
| Tax cap | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Montauk | $21.1M | +11.0% | Within |
| Fishers Island | $3.9M | +7.4% | Within |
| Shelter Island | $12.3M | +7.0% | Over |
| East Hampton | $65.7M | +5.3% | Within |
| Elwood | $55.4M | +4.2% | Over |
| Amagansett | $12.3M | +4.0% | Within |
| Mount Sinai | $48.3M | +4.0% | Within |
| Bay Shore | $122.5M | +3.9% | Within |
| Springs | $35.1M | +3.6% | Within |
| Oysterponds | $5.1M | +3.5% | Within |
| South Country | $71.5M | +3.5% | Within |
| Bayport-Blue Point | $64.1M | +3.5% | Within |
| Port Washington | $167.0M | +3.4% | Within |
| Quogue | $9.2M | +3.3% | Within |
| Remsenburg-Speonk | $14.7M | +3.3% | Within |
| East Meadow | $161.5M | +3.3% | Within |
| Hauppauge | $99.8M | +3.3% | Within |
| Tuckahoe Common | $20.8M | +3.2% | Within |
| Miller Place | $53.8M | +3.2% | Within |
| Westhampton Beach | $35.7M | +3.2% | Within |
| Hampton Bays | $50.1M | +3.2% | Within |
| Bridgehampton | $19.5M | +3.1% | Within |
| Manhasset | $102.9M | +3.1% | Within |
| Longwood | $164.3M | +3.1% | Within |
| West Islip | $96.3M | +3.1% | Within |
| Great Neck | $244.2M | +3.0% | Within |
| Southampton | $64.8M | +3.0% | Within |
| Copiague | $71.7M | +3.0% | Within |
| East Quogue | $26.7M | +3.0% | Within |
| Greenport | $18.9M | +3.0% | Within |
| Kings Park | $84.5M | +3.0% | Within |
| North Shore | $95.3M | +3.0% | Within |
| Glen Cove | $79.6M | +3.0% | Within |
| Eastport-South Manor | $66.7M | +3.0% | Within |
| Mattituck-Cutchogue | $42.2M | +3.0% | Within |
| Center Moriches | $27.1M | +3.0% | Within |
| Jericho | $118.9M | +2.9% | Within |
| Levittown | $163.5M | +2.9% | Within |
| Lynbrook | $78.9M | +2.9% | Within |
| Oyster Bay-East Norwich | $59.9M | +2.9% | Within |
| Sewanhaka Central HSD | $171.1M | +2.9% | Within |
| Massapequa | $183.9M | +2.9% | Within |
| Sag Harbor | $44.6M | +2.9% | Within |
| Huntington | $120.4M | +2.9% | Within |
| Roslyn | $109.7M | +2.9% | Within |
| Wantagh | $69.0M | +2.9% | Within |
| Baldwin | $109.4M | +2.9% | Within |
| North Merrick | $26.9M | +2.9% | Within |
| Bellmore-Merrick Central HSD | $136.9M | +2.8% | Within |
| Franklin Square | $32.5M | +2.8% | Within |
| Three Village | $179.0M | +2.8% | Within |
| Syosset | $232.8M | +2.8% | Within |
| Half Hollow Hills | $236.6M | +2.8% | Within |
| Plainview-Old Bethpage | $147.2M | +2.8% | Within |
| Southold | $31.1M | +2.8% | Within |
| Smithtown | $225.3M | +2.7% | Within |
| Rockville Centre | $109.2M | +2.6% | Within |
| North Bellmore | $44.8M | +2.5% | Within |
| Hicksville | $118.5M | +2.5% | Over |
| East Moriches | $22.5M | +2.5% | Within |
| Elmont | $59.5M | +2.5% | Within |
| Uniondale | $137.9M | +2.5% | Within |
| Patchogue-Medford | $134.6M | +2.5% | Within |
| Seaford | $61.4M | +2.5% | Within |
| Bellmore | $29.1M | +2.5% | Within |
| East Williston | $62.9M | +2.5% | Within |
| Malverne | $49.8M | +2.4% | Within |
| Garden City | $114.7M | +2.4% | Within |
| Islip | $68.6M | +2.4% | Within |
| Long Beach | $111.7M | +2.4% | Within |
| Harborfields | $75.7M | +2.4% | Within |
| Locust Valley | $90.2M | +2.4% | Within |
| New Hyde Park-Garden City | $35.2M | +2.4% | Within |
| West Hempstead | $51.8M | +2.3% | Within |
| Commack | $159.3M | +2.3% | Within |
| Farmingdale | $143.6M | +2.3% | Within |
| Valley Stream Central HSD | $90.8M | +2.2% | Within |
| Middle Country | $163.6M | +2.2% | Within |
| Babylon | $48.8M | +2.2% | Within |
| Northport-East Northport | $160.7M | +2.2% | Within |
| Sachem | $216.5M | +2.2% | Within |
| Sayville | $67.5M | +2.2% | Within |
| South Huntington | $129.4M | +2.2% | Within |
| Valley Stream 24 | $23.5M | +2.2% | Within |
| Island Trees | $50.7M | +2.2% | Within |
| Riverhead | $110.1M | +2.2% | Within |
| North Babylon | $75.9M | +2.1% | Within |
| Valley Stream 13 | $40.0M | +2.1% | Within |
| Merrick | $46.5M | +2.1% | Within |
| Mineola | $89.0M | +2.1% | Within |
| West Babylon | $86.0M | +2.1% | Within |
| Herricks | $109.4M | +2.0% | Within |
| Bethpage | $72.9M | +2.0% | Within |
| Carle Place | $47.8M | +2.0% | Within |
| Shoreham-Wading River | $60.1M | +2.0% | Within |
| East Rockaway | $34.1M | +1.9% | Within |
| Floral Park-Bellerose | $28.0M | +1.9% | Within |
| Central Islip | $94.4M | +1.9% | Within |
| Port Jefferson | $40.5M | +1.9% | Within |
| Deer Park | $80.9M | +1.8% | Within |
| Cold Spring Harbor | $71.9M | +1.8% | Within |
| East Islip | $77.2M | +1.8% | Within |
| Hewlett-Woodmere | $110.5M | +1.8% | Within |
| Plainedge | $71.3M | +1.8% | Within |
| Lindenhurst | $114.7M | +1.7% | Within |
| Connetquot | $145.7M | +1.3% | Within |
| Amityville | $66.5M | +1.2% | Within |
| Fire Island | $5.3M | +1.1% | Within |
| Oceanside | $131.8M | +1.1% | Within |
| Brentwood | $115.5M | +1.0% | Within |
| Roosevelt | $24.5M | +1.0% | Within |
| Wyandanch | $23.3M | +1.0% | Within |
| Brookhaven-Comsewogue | $64.8M | +0.9% | Within |
| Rocky Point | $57.3M | +0.8% | Within |
| Valley Stream 30 | $22.9M | +0.5% | Within |
| Freeport | $87.2M | 0.0% | Within |
| Hempstead | $75.9M | 0.0% | Within |
| Island Park | $34.3M | 0.0% | Within |
| Lawrence | $86.0M | 0.0% | Within |
| Westbury | $78.2M | 0.0% | Within |
| William Floyd | $81.2M | 0.0% | Within |
“Levy” is the total proposed school year tax levy; “Tax cap” compares the levy without its permissible exclusions to the district’s tax levy limit, as on the report card.
The tax cap in brief
New York’s property tax cap, in force since 2012, limits how much a school district’s tax levy can grow each year: generally to 2% or the rate of inflation, whichever is less, adjusted for growth in the tax base and money carried over from earlier years. Some costs, such as voter-approved capital projects and part of pension increases, are excluded from the limit.
A budget whose levy, leaving out those exclusions, is at or under the district’s limit passes with a simple majority. A budget over the limit needs at least 60% of the vote. If voters reject a budget twice, the district must adopt a contingency budget with no increase in its tax levy.
Every district files its numbers on a Property Tax Report Card before the May vote, and the State Education Department publishes them. This tracker reads that file for every Long Island district and checks it daily through the spring. See the data page for what homeowners pay, or a district’s page for its median bill.