Buy a higher priced house with lower taxes outside the city, you wind up with more valuable asset.  

To be fair - Yagieslski said that the school has great programs to offer to students - that is accurate.

The low graduation rate cannot be laid compeltely at the foot of the school district.

I give McCarthy credit for making the effort. Clearly, more will be needed.  The houses in the City are not for everyone but there are some
decent bargains.

The taxes are a legitimate issue.  I hear it from a lot of home owners.  Additionally, any of the houses that are unsalvagable need to be torn down.  

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I give McCarthy credit for making the effort. Clearly, more will be needed.  The houses in the City are not for everyone but there are some
decent bargains.

The taxes are a legitimate issue.  I hear it from a lot of home owners.  Additionally, any of the houses that are unsalvagable need to be torn down.  

Yes, taxes are a legitimate issue which the clueless McC thinks is going to be solved by having people own the houses.  These houses listed for sale are houses which many are owned, occupied, and taxes are already being paid on them.   The houses that are vacant because people are fleeing the city are NOT being advertised as short sales therefore, taxes ARE being paid on them, the owners moved out of the city already.    The houses in that open house are NOT houses owned by Popolizio and the rest of his fellow tax delinquents.

THe taxes are a legitimate issue and the biggest reason why the taxes are so very high is because the city, co, and plex have imposed the burden upon the homeonwers topay the property taxes of the properties downtown owned by millionaires -- millionaires who can more than afford to pay their own taxes, and actually the city could return to a two-tier tax system with a business property tax rate of four times as high as the current tax rate and the cost of paying those taxes would still be a drop in the bucket for those property owners.

The taxes are a legitimate issue and the solution to that is to FIRST IMMEDIATELY REMOVE ALL exemptions for the properties related to the projects done by Metroplex!!!

Want people to move to Schenectady, stop f**king lying about it and start doing something to improve the situation.

All these Open Houses are crap and McCarthy should be putting these SPD and SFD and school officials all in one room, then find someone else with experience and knowledge about urban planning and urban renewal to tell them what to do.

People will not move here until you end the social service free-for-all. Do a thorough audit, get the scum out and let's get the welfare abusers out of our City. The taxpayers deserve at least that much!

With what's left of the Plex money, let's revitalize the neighborhoods. Get money into the neighborhood watches, bring pride back into the area. When you empower people and give them a sense of security, they just might want to stay.

Stop using the homeowners like ATMS. They do not and cannot fund the entire City. End all PILOT agreements. The money has to go back into the City and schools without the Plex middleman.

That's just a start.  

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The low graduation rate cannot be laid compeltely at the foot of the school district.

Why?  There is nothing more irritating than exempting blame from the public education systems that FORCES you to pay for their product.  It's amazing that this institution can have such a high rate of failure and then blame the customer.  Only in government can you get away with blaming the customer

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Why?  There is nothing more irritating than exempting blame from the public education systems that FORCES you to pay for their product.  It's amazing that this institution can have such a high rate of failure and then blame the customer.  Only in government can you get away with blaming the customer

True. But have you seen or talked to some of these 'customers'? Many are on welfare, drug addicts, 7 kids by 7 different 'baby daddy's, and are illiterate themselves. I'm not excusing the school system for it's failure to 'teach' kids. However, it would be interesting to see the graduating  stats from other poverty sticken, drug addicted, crime ridden, high tax areas in the country. How well does the schenectady school system do in comparison?

As far as the schenectady school system itself? It is a breeding ground for corruption and union abuse. Do the names Raucci and Ely come to mind? And no body knew nuthin'??????

imho

Cicero

Work on your reading comprehension.  I did not exempt the school district - I said fault cannot be laid ENTIRELY at the foot of the school district.

That is not saying they're blameless. That is saying they are not entirely to blame.

The eductaion of a child involves three elements - the school, the child, and the parents.  

What a joke....anything goes to raise revenue.....

saw TV pitch ....and even some bystanders were not in favor of this...

Make a name for yourself...that's what this is...campaign tactics already...

The city is in the toilet...and what a shame......trying to revive what can't be...

Good ol' days ....that's what most remember...

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Cicero

Work on your reading comprehension.  I did not exempt the school district - I said fault cannot be laid ENTIRELY at the foot of the school district.

That is not saying they're blameless. That is saying they are not entirely to blame.

The eductaion of a child involves three elements - the school, the child, and the parents.  

So then why do failing school districts claim lack of resources (TAXES) as the reason for failure if it is out of their control?  You can't have it both ways.  You can't go hat in hand to the taxpayer and say we need more money for more programs, smaller classrooms sizes, more computers, better paid teachers, more this, more of that in order to be successful.  Then, after spending all that money, and when the rate of failure is the same, go and blame the parents or child.

Schenectady School District is to blame for the high taxes, AND failing students in Schenectady.  If money doesn't equal academic results, then stop screwing the Schenectady property owner by jacking up taxes as the solution to a problem money won't solve.  

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So then why do failing school districts claim lack of resources (TAXES) as the reason for failure if it is out of their control?  You can't have it both ways.  You can't go hat in hand to the taxpayer and say we need more money for more programs, smaller classrooms sizes, more computers, better paid teachers, more this, more of that in order to be successful.  Then, after spending all that money, and when the rate of failure is the same, go and blame the parents or child.

Schenectady School District is to blame for the high taxes, AND failing students in Schenectady.  If money doesn't equal academic results, then stop screwing the Schenectady property owner by jacking up taxes as the solution to a problem money won't solve.  

Of the school districts $153 million dollar budget, the Superintendent stated in his January budget presentation:

"Revenues: Loss of $1,016,450 in property taxes due to the $48.6 million of property values taken off the rolls ..."

Add that to the $2 million the City refused to pay the district.

Want to play the blame game? First blame the Plex for taxing millions out of the City tax base and then blame the City for being so stupid as to let it continue...over and over and over again (Transfinders, Madison Bags, Parker Inn non-payment, Clinton's Ditch $30K loan forgiveness..etc).

I am sick of the Schdy taxes and the City Government.

Cicero

I agree the answer is not more money.  And, even if it is - the money needs to be spent wisely.

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Did you hear that woman on TV say you get more service in the city, because "you don't have to pay for trash service"

Talk about misinformation!!! Of course they pay for their trash service 'thru their taxes'.....as a FEE!! And even on trash day....there is garbage spillage everywhere!!

Sounds like the same thing nisky is trying to pull over the taxpayers. Trying to tell them that they will NOW have to pay for a service that was FREE! It was never free to begin with!

Everything falls at the feet of the homeowners, while the multi-million dollar businesses pay NOTHING and quite frankly...even they couldn't afford the taxes! Most are barely making it and that isn't 'misinformation'.
imho

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I am sick of the Schdy taxes and the City Government.

And WE are SICK of YOU -- along with the other Nattering Nayboobs of Negativity who DON'T WANT to pay their fair share to see that the City succeeds! All of you want to tear the City DOWN -- instead you should be building it UP and doing what you CAN to make it a success!