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Mount Vernon closed three elementary schools to save $17 million, but the actual recurring savings landed closer to $6.8 million. In the county that pays the highest property taxes in America, the Mount Vernon City School District is in its sixth straight year of state-designated fiscal stress, and it still cannot close a roughly $5.5 million gap. We walk through the rejected budget, the June 16 revote, and the projected-versus-actual savings that families were promised.

In This Episode
(0:00) Mount Vernon's fiscal crisis: two budget votes, three closed schools, and a gap that will not close
(5:15) Westchester becomes the first county in New York State to require visual gun-safety warnings

Sources
BlackWestchester, "Mount Vernon Community Approves $275.5 Million 2026-27 School Budget In Revote"
Mount Vernon City School District, 2026-27 budget revote updates
NYS Comptroller, Fiscal Stress Monitoring System
Westchester County, "County Executive Ken Jenkins Signs Visual Gun Safety Legislation"

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