MIDDLETOWN, N.Y.—Joseph DeStefano, mayor of the City of Middletown, has proposed raising property taxes about 5 percent to cover rising costs across several departments.
If the tax increase is passed, it will end Middletown’s 15-year streak of not breaking the state tax cap. The 2026 tax cap is 2 percent, meaning municipalities cannot raise taxes by more than 2 percent over what they already were.
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