Public hearing for school budget discussion on May 5, 2026.

PEEKSKILL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual Election and Budget Vote by County of Westchester, New York, will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at and in the election districts established by the Board of Education of the Peekskill City School District, in the Peekskill High School, between the hours of 7:00AM and 9:00PM, prevailing time, at which time the polls will be opened to vote by voting machine upon the following items: for the purpose of (1) voting upon the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures for school purposes for the school year 2026 - 2027, (2) electing two members of the Board of Education, each for three-year terms. Upon taking the oath of office at the Annual Reorganization meeting, the terms will run through June 30, 2029, (3) voting upon such propositions as may be properly placed upon the ballot. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board of Education has prepared a detailed statement of the amount of money which will be required for the year 2026 - 2027 for school purposes, specifying the several purposes and the amount of each, and that copies of this statement may be obtained at a cost, by a qualified voter of the District at the office of the District Clerk, 1031 Elm Street, Peekskill, New York and at each other school building in the district beginning May 5, 2026, except Saturday and Sunday, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. D.S.T. Copies of this statement will be made available for public viewing on the school district’s website. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a public hearing for the purpose of the discussion of the expenditure of funds, the budgeting thereof and presentation of the budget for the 2026 - 2027 school year will be held at the Administration Center, 1031 Elm Street, Peekskill, New York on Tuesday evening, May 5, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. D.S.T. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that nomination for Board of Education Members shall be made by petition which shall be directed to the Clerk of the Board of Education and shall be signed by at least 100 qualified electors of the District. Effective March 17 2026, petition blanks may be secured online at www.peekskillschools.org, email Carmery Mendez-Battle, cmendezbattle@peekskillschools.org, or at the Board of Education Office, 1031 Elm Street, between the hours of 9 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Vacancies on the Board of Education are not considered separate, specific offices; candidates run at large. Nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board for which the candidate is nominated. The petition shall state the name and residence of the candidate and the signer and shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section 2608 of the Education Law. Each petition shall be filed with the Clerk of the Board of Education on or before the twentieth day preceding the day of the Annual School District Election. The last date for filing said petition is: 5:00 p.m., April 29, 2026. The voting will be by ballot on voting machines as provided by the Education Law and the polls will remain open from 7:00 o’clock a.m. until 9:00 o’clock p.m. (D.S.T.) and as much longer as may be necessary to enable the voters then present to cast their ballots. Pursuant to Section 2604 of the Education Law, the Board of Education adopted a resolution on March 1, 1955, dividing the Peekskill City School District into six school election districts. An accurate description of the boundaries of each district is on file at the Office of the Clerk of the Board of Education at the Administration Center, 1031 Elm Street, and may be inspected during office hours. Voters in each election district should vote at the polling place therein as follows: PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT A (City Districts 1 & 2) ELECTION DISTRICT B (City Districts 3, 4, 14, 15 & 21) ELECTION DISTRICT C (City Districts 5, 6, 17, 18 & 23) ELECTION DISTRICT D (City Districts 7, 8, 16, 19 & 22) ELECTION DISTRICT E (City Districts 9, 10 & 11) ELECTION DISTRICT F (City Districts 12 & 13) AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to §2606 of the Education law or pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to §2016 of the Education Law and has voted at an annual or special district meeting within the last four (4) calendar years, he/she is eligible to vote at this election; if a voter is registered and eligible to vote under Article 5 of the Election Law, he/she is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must register. For the preparation of such a register of the qualified voters, the Board of Registration of said school district will meet at the Administration Center, 1031 Elm Street, Peekskill, New York, on April 29, 2026, from 1:00 o’clock p.m. to 5:00 o’clock p.m. (D.S.T.) to add to the registers the names of the qualified voters of the school district who shall present themselves personally for registration. Voters may also register on any school day prior to May 5, 2026 at the Administration Building, 1031 Elm Street, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., prevailing time, to add any additional names to the registers to be used at the aforesaid election, at which time any person will be entitled to have her or his name placed on such registers provided that at the meeting of the Board of Registration he or she is known, or proven to the satisfaction of the Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such election. A person shall be entitled to register and vote in said Annual School District Election who is: (A) A citizen of the United States (B) At least 18 years of age (C) A resident of the State and of the City School District of Peekskill for thirty days next preceding the election. Any person who has not currently registered under permanent personal registration on or before this date and has not voted at a school district election this school year, must, in order to be entitled to vote in the upcoming annual school district election, present himself/herself personally for registration at the time and place stated above, or must make arrangements directly with the Board of Elections in White Plains, either by personally presenting himself/herself, or by mail, to permanently register himself/herself with the Board of Elections in White Plains within such time frame as will allow his/her name to appear on the Board of Elections Registration List for verification on or before Election Day, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. If a qualified voter is a resident of a school district and his name appears on a register as a resident of another district, a written sworn statement may be filed by such voter with the clerk of the district showing his correct residence and the name of such voter shall thereupon be stricken from such register and placed upon the proper register. The register so prepared pursuant to §2606 of the Education Law will be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the School District at 1031 Elm Street, Peekskill, NY, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District beginning on May 5, 2026, between the hours of 9:00AM and 5:00PM, prevailing time, on weekdays and each day prior to the day set for the election, except Sunday. Saturday will be by appointment only. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board of Education provides for early mail ballots and absentee ballots for the election of Members of the Board of Education, the adoption of the annual budget, and referenda. Applications for early mail ballots and absentee ballots are available in the office of the District Clerk, 1031 Elm Street, Peekskill between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on business days. An application for an early mail ballot or absentee ballot must be received by the District Clerk no earlier than thirty (30) days before the Annual Election. Completed applications must be received by the District clerk at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter or his/her designated agent. Upon receiving a timely application for an early mail ballot or mailed absentee ballot, the District Clerk will mail the ballot to the address designated on the application by no later than six (6) days before the Annual Election. Early mail ballot or absentee ballots must be received by the District clerk no later than 5:00 PM, prevailing time, on May 19, 2026. A list of persons to whom early mail ballots and absentee ballots are issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District in the office of the District Clerk on and after May 14, 2026, between the hours of 9:00AM and 5:00PM, on weekdays prior to the day set for the annual election. Any qualified voter present in the polling place may