What did Councilwoman Carmel Patrick say about the failed vote?
After weeks of deliberations over how to close Schenectady’s budget gap, the City Council on Monday night failed to pass a local law needed to move forward with a proposed 15 percent property tax levy — leaving the city at a stalemate on adopting the 2027 operating budget.
Mayor Gary McCarthy had proposed an operating budget with a 42 percent property tax levy. More recently, the City Council appeared prepared to approve a 15 percent tax levy and then pass the 2027 operating budget, but the tax levy override failed when it came time to vote…