N.Y. lottery winner's gain hurts his home town

Comment #19

time*treat — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 06:26:07 GMT

It might be nice but it wouldn't be very smart.

The town would only lean on him to make up every other shortfall they face.

Ask yourself where exactly do those funds go. It's not detailed enough to say it goes to the school system .

Who's pay envelopes do those public school funds wind up in

Comment #18

maximumfun — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:05:50 GMT

Wouldn't it be nice for the lottery winner to simply make up the difference for the local schools during the year(s) that his win skews the public money that comes to fund the public school

Comment #17

mediabrat — Thu, 31 May 2012 23:49:33 GMT

The other six people live in different towns and school districts. Therefore, they have nothing to do with this.

Comment #16

cbr$ — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:11:59 GMT

congrat's to John Kutsey on his win. If John Kutsey is only one of seven employee of the New York State Home Community Renewal in Alany to cash in his ticket, what about the other six? Why single him out as the root of the school district problem? Some body had to win it why not him

Comment #15

mediabrat — Thu, 31 May 2012 02:46:55 GMT

You're right, my bad. I don't know where I got median income from.

Comment #14

sully16 — Thu, 31 May 2012 02:39:11 GMT

You know it.

Comment #13

sully16 — Thu, 31 May 2012 02:38:29 GMT

Yep

Comment #12

time*treat — Thu, 31 May 2012 01:45:26 GMT

If their numbers had been based on median income, they wouldn't have run into this problem.

Instead, it was based on total income. Let 'em squirm.

Your income will never be so high that some bureaucrap won't think s/he knows better than you what it should be spent on ... part of that being a hefty salary for themselves.

Comment #11

JAP69 — Thu, 31 May 2012 01:04:27 GMT

The state might want to reevaluate how they come up with avg income based on the number of people in a community. One individual throws off the whole balance of avg.

It would seem this one individual does not own enough real estate in the community to make up for the loss. Now the increased burden has been put upon all the community who have lower incomes because one individual has a high income.

Lottery funds should be distributed on a per pupil basis throughout the state.

Comment #10

mediabrat — Wed, 30 May 2012 21:35:27 GMT

Taxes on lottery winnings are not the issue. The problem is that the winner's increased income shifted the median income for the village so high that the school district was not able to qualify for the same amount of state aid for which it had been eligible in the past. The formula ties education funding to the income of the school district's residents, and the village is so small (only 2610 residents) that one person's multimillion-dollar windfall drastically skewed those income statistics.... [ More ]

Comment #9

HaveABall — Wed, 30 May 2012 21:16:16 GMT

You are correct.

Local government has never been about save money, or solid child end knowledge/comprehension of 3 or 4 basic, everyday usage, concepts

Comment #8

dpoly1 — Wed, 30 May 2012 19:46:58 GMT

I don't have to worry about this where I live!

No State or Local taxes on my lottery windfall when it gets here

Comment #7

time*treat — Wed, 30 May 2012 19:09:23 GMT

Currently, a K through 12 (or better) education can be had for the cost of a mid-range computer and web connection.

They want to save money? Shut down the public schools.

Comment #6

Cletu$2 — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:17:36 GMT

He will probably move anyway to avoid the give me a portion of your winnings crowd.Make the move sooner instead of later.Problem solved.

Comment #5

addai1516 — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:33:06 GMT

Congrats to the winner please enjoy your winnings . Lottries make more than you think, the city or state will still function..

Comment #4

HaveABall — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:08:18 GMT

The article reads: The Heatly School, the district's only school, has 331 students from kindergarten through grade 12. Fifty-nine percent of the students receive free or reduced cost meals.

Why are so many children being created by parent(s) who don't have enough pride AND money to pay for the already too highly subsidized daily school and food costs? This 59% should be no more than 20%, in any U.S.A. city!! ... what percentage of these 'sub-parents' are even U.S.A. citizens... [ More ]

Comment #3

dallascowboyfan — Wed, 30 May 2012 12:22:05 GMT

Am I missing something(i'm confused), I thought state Lottery was created to help fund education, so now the state is going to punish the school becasue someone won the lottery in there city

Comment #2

loonasee2 — Wed, 30 May 2012 11:51:41 GMT

Ya know the taxman is always right there taking a leak in your corn flakes.The taxman will get everybody's taxes jacked up,and Mr. Kutey will pack up and move on to new and bigger things.He can afford to.

There should be away to exclude prizes and gifts from the taxman having a bonanza in are wallets.

Comment #1

mcginnin56 — Wed, 30 May 2012 11:08:45 GMT

This is obviously an unfair burden to the Green Island school district. Presently the Education Department doles out funding based on annual

earnings of districts residents. Because of the huge lottery windfall of one individual, the entire school district suffers.

Should be re-written as the municipality's aid now stands, based on population only.

Still a big congrat's to Mr. Kutey on his $28.7 million win

N.Y. lottery winner's gain hurts his home town

Lottery Post — Wed, 30 May 2012 10:31:55 GMT

One Green Island, New York, resident's Lottery bonanza could be a financial nightmare for the village's tiny school system.

John Kutey's $28.7 million share of the $319 million Mega Millions prize in 2011 may lead to a mega cut in state aid for the Green Island Union Free School District.

At risk are the district's staffing and educational programs. Saving them may mean another double-digit jump in property taxes.

The village has the second largest tax levy rate hike in the state this y... [ More ]