The largest single portion of your annual property tax payment pie goes to the school budget-- I am assuming percentages in Cheektowaga an Amherst are similar in that regard.Originally posted by WNYresident
From all that we have seen developed in the burbs, do we consider progress?
I've been in cheektowaga since i was 17 and with all this business growth I wouldn't say it was progress. Has anyone ever figured out how how excessive commerical growth acutally keeps property taxes down?
If the town adds 1 new residential development there is a good chance that the burden of educating 1.73 children for every new residence in that new development will be added to your school budget.
OTOH if the town were to approve no more than one new "excessive" commercial development every week, not a single child will be is added to the school burden.