What we found, largest lever first
The school levy is a fixed number under a state cap. None of these levers changes it. Each changes who pays it, or what the State sends. Every figure links to its ledger row.
| Rank | Lever | Per RVC home, per year | Rockville Centre | Nassau | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Developer tax breaks | $590, FYE 2024 | $4.5 million moved onto other owners | $77.7 million, 34 districts | Ask: publish the ledger |
| 2 | The State's aid formula | not yet measured | Paid the minimum increase | County-relative wealth, per the Rockefeller study | Two asks in Albany, Sept 14 |
| 3 | Senior housing turnover | $2,058 a year saved by the State per sale | $304,000 shifted in 2025-26 | Section 467 counts unpublished | Asks: H.R. 1340, S3309/A5288, county data |
| 4 | A capital reserve | $135 for ten years | $8.5 million, none held today | Mineola holds it | A framing, not yet an ask |
| 5 | Who sets the budget, who pays | not a dollar lever | Layered districts | Background for aides |
$590 a year per Rockville Centre home, and the district got none of it.
The recipients' own filings call these amounts immaterial. Assistance is meant to induce a project, and a rounding error induces nothing. The largest of the five RVC agreements ended in 2025-26, so the live figure is lower.
The abatements page: eight years, five projects, the county roll's higher measurement, and the ask.
Rockville Centre is paid the minimum increase the formula allows.
The Rockefeller Institute's Foundation Aid study, commissioned by the State, offers two changes that help Nassau with no district losing: measure property wealth relative to the county, and let districts choose the pupil weighting. Two others would cut Nassau aid and fall hardest on its poorest districts. The campaign asked for the first two and against the last two on September 14.
Per-district dollars appear here once they carry a ledger row. The State's formula and the IDA's abatement are two hands on the same bill.
A senior who sells relieves the neighbours and saves the State. Nobody is asked to move.
Capital gains rules, benefit timing traps and a shortage of smaller homes keep the door locked. The asks remove the penalties on moving: H.R. 1340, S3309 and A5288, and a county data ask so the Legislature can see section 467 counts before it prices the 2027 ceiling. The mechanics follow one sale through four balance sheets.
$135 a year for ten years funds the reserve Mineola holds and Rockville Centre does not.
The math behind the home page. A framing for the board, not an ask the campaign has made; the levy cap does not move either way.
