Raffone v. Pearsall

Petitioner, a resident of the East Islip School District, brings this article 78 proceeding to annul, vacate and set aside, the district’s annual budget adopted October 1, 1971. He contends that the adoption was illegal because of a variance of $180,888 above the total budget approved by the voters in June, resulting in an additional tax increase of $1.07 per $100 of assessed valuation.

It appears that the additional expense items were added to the budget after voter approval upon the request of the district’s new Superintendent who assumed office on July 1, 1971. Most of the additional funds…