Ballotpedia has covered a selection of local ballot measures in New York.

2026 Local Ballot Measures
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Local elections

2025

• November 5

2021

• November 2

2019

• November 5

2018

• November 6

2010

• February 9 •March 16 •November 2

2009

• February 24 •June 3 •September 23 •November 3 •December 22

School bond and tax votes

See also:School bond and tax elections in New York

New York allows for elections involving bond issues and the state debt limit for cities under 120,000 in population. The New York Constitution has a protected debt limit for all school districts. In school districts that have referendums, they are limited to five percentum of the total valuation of property in the district. In other cities including Syracuse, Albany, and New York City, the debt limit varies from six to ten percentum of the district's total valuation of property.

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• New York elections

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