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Town Hall · Riverside

How Riverside is run

Riverside spent $655,000 in the year to May 31, 2022, about $1,403 per resident. (A Census Bureau estimate.)

City budget
$655,000
spent, year to May 31, 2022
Per resident
$1,403
Below typical New York cities ($1,580)
Long-term debt
None
at year end
City staff
1
full-time · 8 part-time
Typical tax bill
$2,023
a year · NY $6,582

What stands out about how Riverside is run

Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Property tax

The typical homeowner pays $2,023 a year

Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.69% of the home’s value, vs 1.55% across New York.

What homes cost →

Typical yearly bill next door and statewide

New York$6,582
Corning$4,371
Riverside$2,023
$2,023
typical bill a year
1.69%
effective rate
$119,500
typical home value (Census)
Your own bill

The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Riverside’s rate.

Can I afford it? →

The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate. In a town this small the estimate has a wide margin.

Your share of the budget

About $1,403 per resident a year, or $3.84 a day

The biggest line: roads & transportation, at 43% of spending.

Where the money comes from
From the state 29%From other local governments 22%Fees & charges 16%Property taxes 15%Utility sales 10%Interest, fines & other 5%Sales taxes 1%Other taxes & licenses 1%
An estimate

Riverside didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.

The school district

Corning City School District

Riverside’s K–12 school district, shared with Corning, Corning, Hornby, Painted Post, South Corning and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.

Schools in Riverside →
$27,146
per pupil · NY $34,607
4,365
students
$67.4 million
long-term debt

Of the $27,146 per pupil, $17,178 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.

The district: schools, scores and graduation →

Where the district’s money comes from
Local 45%State 49%Federal 6%

New York districts overall: 51% local, 41% state, 8% federal.

School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.

Who runs it

Who’s in charge in Riverside

Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Riverside yet. Neighbors can add them.

Who works for Riverside

One full-time town employee for every 467 residents

On the payroll in March 2022.

By department full-time, plus part-time

Administration & buildings0 + 7 pt
Roads & transportation1
Courts, inspections & corrections0 + 1 pt
1
full-time
8
part-time
$41,400
average full-time pay, before benefits

Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.

Next door

How Riverside’s budget compares

Town budgets across the town line. Towns that run their own schools spend more. Tap a town to see its Town Hall.

Spends the leastSpends the mostNo figures
TownSpent per residentDebt per residentTax bill
Riverside$1,403—$2,023
Corning$2,111$868$4,371

The town government’s own spending in its newest year (often a Census Bureau estimate). — = no figures.

Who represents Riverside

From town hall to Washington

Every level of government that speaks for Riverside.

Politics & elections →
  1. 1
    Your cityMayor & council
    Local officials aren’t on record yet.
  2. 2
    New York HouseState representatives
  3. 3
    New York SenateState senator
  4. 4
    GovernorStatewide
  5. 5
    U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
  6. 6
    U.S. SenateBoth represent all of New York

Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.

Reach Riverside’s government

Numbers and hours come from neighbors and the town’s own site (the Handbook). A new one goes live once two neighbors confirm it.

The Handbook →

Questions about how Riverside is run?

Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.

Town Square →
Weigh in
Does Riverside get good value for its tax dollars?

Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.

Ask neighbors

Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Riverside, mostly the Bureau’s estimates). School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.

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