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Tue May 17, 2022 annual school budget & school board votes

5/11/2022

 
Reminder on Tue May 17, 2022 is the annual school budget votes and school board elections in most districts.
Polls are usually at a school building(s) not your regular polling place! Hours vary go to your school district website for details.
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Divide NYS Caucus Inc
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Latham NY 12110
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Long Island Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/DivideNYSLongIsland/
Rockland and Westchester  https://www.facebook.com/groups/240229094068499/
NYC Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/DivideNYsNYC/
Independently  run groups that support dividing:
​Divide NYS Western NY Region FB Group ​https://www.facebook.com/groups/297067385404754/
Divide NYS Genesee County FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/223435402531809/
Divide NYS Long Island FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/DivideNYSLongIsland/
Divide NY-CNY & Finger Lakes FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/cnyfk 
Divide NYS Monroe FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/177687924424188/

Happy Easter, Happy Passover

4/14/2022

 
Hope you have a ​Happy Easter, or Happy Passover

Billboard Fundraiser

4/2/2022

 
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Please click on picture for billboard details
We are planning to raise awareness of the divide New York movement through billboards. Our goal is to partition the state into three autonomous regions, each with its own governor, legislature, and courts.  Please click on picture to donate

A04446- S4541 Sponsors and Co-sponsors 3 completely Autonomous Regions

3/26/2022

 
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A04446- S4541 which proposes a NYS constitutional amendment to
divide the state into three autonomous regions. www.DivideNY.org
It takes REPEATED emails and calls to GET OFFICIALS to ACT. Please send an email to your NYS Senator see below and your Assemblyperson see below. You can use the two sample emails below just enter the names and then personalize the email(s).
Sample email for NYS Senate
If your senator is on above list. send them an email THANKING them for being a sponsor of Senator's office email click here S4541​.

OTHERWISE please send email below
Dear Senator (Senator’s name)
     The views of people who live in the upstate, suburbs and NYC areas of New York State are very different and really should be divided into separate states, but completely autonomous regions are much easier to accomplish. 
Please co-sponsor the divide amendment to the NYS constitution  S4541 ​.
Sincerely,
(your name)
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Sample email for Assembly
If your Assembly member is on above list. send them an email THANKING them for being a sponsor of Assemblyperson's office email click here A04446
OTHERWISE please send email below
Hon (Assembly(wo)man’s name)
Member of Assembly
The views of people who live in the upstate, suburbs and NYC areas of New York State are very different and really should be divided into separate states, but completely autonomous regions are much easier to accomplish.
Please co-sponsor the divide amendment to the NYS constitution A04446 .
Sincerely,
(your name)
  


REPEATED emails or phone calls are needed to GET our legislators to ACT.
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Divide NYS Caucus Inc
PO Box 1634
Latham NY 12110
Please comment on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/newamsterdamny
 in our in our MeWe group: https://mewe.com/group/5ad55afefa19d110b3b1ca4d
our Reddit Community  https://www.reddit.com/r/DivideNY/
Long Island Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/DivideNYSLongIsland/
Rockland and Westchester  https://www.facebook.com/groups/240229094068499/
NYC Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/DivideNYsNYC/
Independently  run groups that support dividing:
​Divide NYS Western NY Region FB Group ​https://www.facebook.com/groups/297067385404754/
Divide NYS Genesee County FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/223435402531809/
Divide NYS Long Island FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/DivideNYSLongIsland/
Divide NY-CNY & Finger Lakes FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/cnyfk 
Divide NYS Monroe FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/177687924424188/

America Unhinged  Seg #2

3/9/2022

 
 Divide NYS Caucus Inc joined us to talk about partitioning NYS into three autonomous regions.
Click here to view video
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PO Box 1634
Latham NY 12110
​Please comment on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/newamsterdamny
 in our in our MeWe group: https://mewe.com/group/5ad55afefa19d110b3b1ca4d
our Reddit Community  https://www.reddit.com/r/DivideNY/
Long Island Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/DivideNYSLongIsland/
Rockland and Westchester  https://www.facebook.com/groups/240229094068499/
NYC Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/DivideNYsNYC/
Independently  run groups that support dividing:
​Divide NYS Western NY Region FB Group ​https://www.facebook.com/groups/297067385404754/
Divide NYS Genesee County FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/223435402531809/
Divide NYS Long Island FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/DivideNYSLongIsland/
Divide NY-CNY & Finger Lakes FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/cnyfk 
Divide NYS Monroe FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/177687924424188/

Proposal would divide New York State into 3 separate, self-governing regions

1/5/2022

 
NEW YORK (WETM) – The rift between upstate and downstate New York could finally divide the state for good, thanks to a proposal from state lawmakers that would split New York into three separate, autonomous regions.
Click here for rest of story
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 in our in our MeWe group: https://mewe.com/group/5ad55afefa19d110b3b1ca4d
our Reddit Community  https://www.reddit.com/r/DivideNY/
Long Island Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/DivideNYSLongIsland/
Rockland and Westchester  https://www.facebook.com/groups/240229094068499/
NYC Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/DivideNYsNYC/
Independently  run groups that support dividing:
​Divide NYS Western NY Region FB Group ​https://www.facebook.com/groups/297067385404754/
Divide NYS Genesee County FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/223435402531809/
Divide NYS Long Island FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/DivideNYSLongIsland/
Divide NY-CNY & Finger Lakes FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/cnyfk 
Divide NYS Monroe FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/177687924424188/

I Love New Amsterdam? Proposal to split NY State into three parts is back

1/4/2022

 
​The subject of dividing up the state into three autonomous regions has come up again.
News 10 NBC reports the town of Bethany in Genesee County has scheduled a series of meetings with the town of Marilla in Erie County to discuss the issue. Both town have voted in favor of home rule measures in favor of the split.
Click here to read rest of article
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our Reddit Community  https://www.reddit.com/r/DivideNY/
Long Island Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/DivideNYSLongIsland/
Rockland and Westchester  https://www.facebook.com/groups/240229094068499/
NYC Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/DivideNYsNYC/
Independently  run groups that support dividing:
​Divide NYS Western NY Region FB Group ​https://www.facebook.com/groups/297067385404754/
Divide NYS Genesee County FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/223435402531809/
Divide NYS Long Island FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/DivideNYSLongIsland/
Divide NY-CNY & Finger Lakes FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/cnyfk 
Divide NYS Monroe FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/177687924424188/

Happy New Year

1/1/2022

 
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Merry Christmas  & Happy  Hanukkah

12/4/2021

 
Merry Christmas   Happy  Hanukkah and Happy New Year

Response to Erie County officials’ business killing health restrictions

11/29/2021

 
   How to get Erie County NY officials’ health restrictions on who can enter businesses repealed and never reissued. While the officials do NOT care how many may have lost their employment over these rules. These rules may have a side effect that these officials will care about it can cost them property tax money.
   While many businesses owners are already aware of these facts. What some county officials seem to have overlooked is by damaging retail business income they have reduced the value of the real property in the county as calculated by income and expense model of commercial property tax assessment.
   Unlike private home tax challenges which an individual can handle and are explained here https://www.divideny.org/challenge-your-assessment.html . Commercial property tax challenges require each business/landlord to ask the accountant that does their business taxes to do a few more calculations at tax time. If the business rents its business space it should try to make an agreement with the landlord to help the property owner reduce his/her property taxes for a lower rent.
   Many businesses can share the same attorney to file the multiple commercial property tax challenges before the spring Grievance Day to reduce their September 2022 and January 2023 property taxes. Hopefully enough businesses will take action so that it becomes too expensive for the county to reimpose these rules in the future.
 
Most of Erie County is assessed at less than market value so an accurate business property tax assessment should be a certain percentage below full market value. This will also work for other counties. Here is how Equalization works
Equalization rate formula
An equalization rate is New York State's measure of a municipality's level of assessment.
Total assessed value of the municipality ÷ total market value of the municipality = Equalization rate
Equalization rates are percentages: Examples
Equalization rate = 100:
  • town is assessing property at 100% of market value
  • most likely a reassessment was conducted in recent years
  • your property's assessment should be roughly its market value (the price for which you could sell your property)
Equalization rate < 100:
  • overall property in the town is assessed less than market value
  • the lower the equalization rate, the longer it has probably been since the last reassessment
  • equalization rate of 43 means overall property in the town is assessed at 43% of market value
Equalization rate > 100:
  • overall property in the town is assessed higher than market value
  • property values may have decreased since the last reassessment, but assessments were not adjusted downward
  • Greater 100 percent that means your whole town/city/village is over assessed at more than 100 percent full market value which is unlawful in NY. However, the only method available to force a municipality to obey the law and reduce everyone’s assessment down to full market value is an action in New York State Supreme Court. (a trial court in NY).
Here is a link to the equalization tables by county https://www.tax.ny.gov/research/property/assess/eqratecounty.htm
Here is how to contest a non-residential property assessment https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/property/contest/contestasmt.htm
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Donations Gratefully Accepted:
Here are the Donation Options:
Click the DONATE button below to donate via PayPal or Everbutton/Stripe
Donate
If you wish to mail a check or money order; please make it payable to:
Divide NYS Caucus Inc

PO Box 1634
Latham NY 12110
Please comment on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/newamsterdamny
Long Island Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/DivideNYSLongIsland/
Rockland and Westchester  https://www.facebook.com/groups/240229094068499/
NYC Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/DivideNYsNYC/
Independently  run groups that support dividing:
​Divide NYS Western NY Region FB Group ​https://www.facebook.com/groups/297067385404754/
Divide NYS Genesee County FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/223435402531809/
Divide NYS Long Island FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/DivideNYSLongIsland/
Divide NY-CNY & Finger Lakes FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/cnyfk 
Divide NYS Monroe FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/177687924424188/
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