WALLKILL, N.Y.—Wallkill’s supervisor said the town will raise the tax cap and operate more efficiently to address the municipality’s poor financial state.
Supervisor Frank DenDanto III said at a Town Board meeting on Oct. 22 that the town’s operating cost this year is $52 million, but it has only $43 million to cover it. A letter from the Office of the State Comptroller said Wallkill’s adopted 2026 budget is a financial risk.
The supervisor said the town could explore government spending cuts and tax raises to return Wallkill to financial stability.
“Everything is on the table. Everything,” DenDanto said at the meeting. “The goal, my goal specifically, is to not just correct the ship, but bail it out and make it solvent within three years.”…