Annual public hearing on the school district budget and election details.

NEWBURGH ENLARGED CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

LEGAL NOTICE





NOTICE OF ANNUAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AND

ANNUAL MEETING, SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTION, SCHOOL DISTRICT

BUDGET VOTE AND LIBRARY BUDGET VOTE




NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Education of the Newburgh Enlarged City School District, Orange County, New York, will hold the Annual Public Hearing on the Budget in the Auditorium of the Board of Education/Library Complex, 124 Grand Street, Newburgh, New York, on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 6:00 P.M., for the purpose of presenting the budget document for the 2026-2027 School Year.




NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required for School District purposes during the 2026-2027 school year as prepared by the Board of Education and the amount of money which will be required for Library purposes during the 2026-2027 fiscal year, may be obtained by any resident of the District during the 14 days immediately preceding the Annual Meeting, Election and Vote, commencing May 5, 2026, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, during regular school hours, 8:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., at each of the District’s schoolhouses and at the Administrative Offices. The Budget will also be available at any public or free association library in the District and on the District website. A Real Property Tax Exemption Report prepared in accordance with Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law will be annexed to any budget of which it will form a part; and shall be posted on District bulletin board(s) maintained for public notices, as well as on the District’s website.




NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Annual Meeting, including Election of Members of the Board of Education and Vote on the School District Budget, and Vote on the Library Budget will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, between the hours of 12:00 Noon and 9:00 P.M., prevailing time, when the polls will be open for the purpose of voting by voting machine:




A. To elect three (3) members to the Board of Education as follows: Three members for three-year terms (July 1, 2026 - June 30, 2029).




B. To vote upon the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures for School District purposes for the 2026-2027 School Year.




C. To vote upon the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures

for Library purposes for Newburgh Free Library for the 2026-2027 Year.




NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that for the purposes of voting, the School District has been divided into nine (9) election districts and that an accurate description of the boundaries of these school election districts is on file and may be inspected at the Office of the Clerk on weekdays when school is in session, during regular work hours, 8:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., at the Administrative Offices, 124 Grand Street, Newburgh, New York.




NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the 2026 School District Election, School District and Library Budget Vote will be held at the following polling places in the School Election Districts hereinafter set forth:




POLITICAL ELECTION DISTRICTS

CITY OF NEWBURGH

CITY POLLING PLACES

First Ward

Horizons-on-the-Hudson

Second Ward

South Middle School

Third & Fourth Wards

NFA – Main Campus




POLITICAL ELECTION DISTRICTS 

TOWN OF NEWBURGH

TOWN POLLING PLACES

1,2,15

Balmville School

13,14,16,19,20,25

Fostertown School

3,4,5,6,9,10,11,12,21,22,23,24,26

Meadow Hill School




POLITICAL ELECTION DISTRICTS 

TOWN OF NEW WINDSOR

TOWN NW POLLING PLACES

1,2,3,5

New Windsor School

6,7,8,9,10,11,16

Vails Gate School

12,13,14,17,21,22

Temple Hill School




NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that petitions for nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education must be filed with the Clerk of the District by no later than 5:00 P.M. on the 20th day preceding the School District Election, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. Such petitions must be signed by at least one hundred qualified voters of the District, shall state the name and residence address of each signer and the name and residence address of the candidate. Petition forms may be obtained at the Office of the School District Clerk on weekdays when school is in session, during regular business hours, 8:30 A.M. TO 4:00 P.M.




NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Education of the Newburgh Enlarged City School District, Orange County, New York has fixed Saturday, May 2, 2026, between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., prevailing time, as the date on which the Board of Registration shall meet for the purpose of preparing the register of the School District for each election district for the School District Election, and School District and Library Budget Vote, to be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at the Lobby of the Administration Building, 124 Grand Street, Newburgh, New York. Any person shall be entitled to have their name placed upon such register if they are known or proven to the satisfaction of the registrars to be then or thereafter entitled to vote. Persons whose registration to vote in other than school elections is current, pursuant to Section 352 of the Election Law, shall be qualified to vote without further registering with the School District’s Board of Registration, as well as all persons who shall have previously registered for any annual or special district meeting or election and who shall have voted at any annual or special district meeting or election held or conducted any time during the 2022, 2023, 2024 or 2025 calendar years.




NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the register of voters so prepared including the names of military voters who submitted valid military voter registrations, shall be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the District and shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., prevailing time, 14 days prior to the Annual School District Election, Budget Vote and Library Budget Vote. Said register will be open for inspection in each of the polling places during the Annual School District Election, Budget Vote and Library Budget Vote.




NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for early mail ballots and applications for absentee ballots for the Annual School District Election and Budget Vote and Library Budget Vote may be obtained at the Office of the School District Clerk, Administrative Offices, 124 Grand Street, Newburgh, New York. The application for early mail ballot and absentee ballot must be received by the District Clerk no more than thirty (30) days and at least seven (7) days prior to the election if the early mail or absentee ballot is to be mailed to the voter or the day before the election, if the ballot will be picked up by the voter or the voter’s designated agent set forth in the application, at the Office of the School District Clerk, and that separate lists of all persons to whom early mail ballots, absentee ballots, and military ballots shall have been issued, will be available in the said Office of the Clerk during regular office hours, 8:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., prevailing time, until the day of the Annual School District Election and Vote and Library Vote. Any qualified voter may file a written challenge of the qualifications as a voter of any person, whose name appears on any such list, stating the reasons for the challenge.




NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Military Voters who are not currently registered to vote may apply to register as a qualified voter of the District by contacting the District Clerk at 124 Grand Street, Newburgh, NY 12550; Telephone (845) 563-3503 or email: mmccoy@necsd.net to receive an application to register as a qualified voter of the District for the Annual Meeting on May 19, 2026. The Military Voter may indicate their preference for receiving the registration application by mail, by facsimile or email. The application to register must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 P.M. on May 1, 2026.




NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Military Voters who are registered voters of the District may obtain an application for a military ballot from the District Clerk at 124 Grand Street, Newburgh, NY 12550, Telephone (845) 563-3503, or email: mmccoy@necsd.net, by no later than 5:00 P.M. on May 4, 2026. The Military Voter may indicate their preference for receiving the application for a military ballot and the military ballot by mail, by facsimile or email. Military ballots will be mailed or otherwise distributed no later than 14 days before the election. Military ballots must be returned by mail or in person and received by the District Clerk by 5:00 P.M. on May 19, 2026.




NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the canvass of the Affidavit Ballots received on May 19, 2026 will be held on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 6:00 P.M. in the Board Room at the District Office, 124 Grand Street, Newburgh, New York before the Board of Education, designated as the poll clerks to cast and canvass the a