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Cohoes Mayor Proposes 2018 Budget With No Tax Hike

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Dave Lucas

Published September 22, 2017 at 3:30 PM EDT

Former Cohoes Mayor Shawn Morse — "For the last two years we hope that the people see we're giving them more to make their community a better place, but we're not charging them more to do it." ~ Cohoes Mayor Shawn Morse

Cohoes Mayor Shawn Morse has released his budget proposal for the next fiscal year. The first-term Democrat tells WAMC's Capital Region Bureau Chief Dave Lucas his $23.5 million spending plan calls for no increases in both property tax and water and sewer fees.

Morse has submitted his budget to the City Board of Managers for review.

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Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.

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