Tuckahoe Mayor Ecklond: Fiscal Stress Rating A Misnomer

EASTCHESTER, N.Y. Although Tuckahoe was among the 22 villages in the state deemed to have "fiscal stress" by Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli earlier this week, Mayor Steve Ecklond cautions that the rating is circumstantial and due to poor timing. In recent years, the comptroller has been conducting audits on governments and schools, issuing "fiscal-stress" scores that determine how much financial pressure is on each of the state's nearly 550 villages.

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