Clarkstown Passes 2027 Budget with No Tax Increase

By Rick Pezzullo Less than 48 hours after voters decided to change all five members of the Clarkstown Town Board, Supervisor George Hoehmann and his four fellow GOP board colleagues unanimously adopted a $130 million 2027 budget on Nov. 5 that carries no tax increase. It’s the fourth time during Hoehmann’s 10-year stint as supervisor that town taxes have remained flat. “This is not an easy task to accomplish. The town has faced a host of challenges over this decade-long span, including the COVID pandemic and multiple years of aggressive inflation and union contract negotiations,” Hoehmann stated when he released his tentative budget in October. “When I first took office in 2016, Clarkstown’s finances were in severe decline. Years of mismanagement and rampant reserve spending resulted in the town’s designation as one of New York State’s most fiscally stressed towns.

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