Troy proposes a 3.4 percent tax increase and a 50-cent water rate hike for 2027. The hearings run through December 1.

The City of Troy released Mayor Carmella Mantello’s proposed 2027 budget on Friday, October 10. For Lansingburgh neighbors, and for anyone north of the line who works, shops or pays a water bill in the city, here is what it proposes.

Property tax: a 3.4 percent increase in the levy, which the city puts at about $7.12 a month on a home assessed at $150,000. It is within the state tax cap.
Water: a 50-cent increase per 1,000 gallons, about $5.43 a quarter for a family of four, to cover the rising cost of orthophosphate treatment. That is the corrosion-control chemistry the city adds while it replaces lead service lines; it has replaced more than 800 since 2024 with about $35 million in state and federal money.
Garbage: the annual fee stays unchanged after a $25 per unit cut in 2026.
Fire: more than $16 million in Fire Department investments, including the new Lansingburgh Fire Station No. 1, which the city expects to open in spring 2027.
Operations: a hiring pause for most positions outside police and fire; the move into the permanent City Hall at the former Proctor’s Theatre, which the city says saves about $100,000 a year; and a budget surplus the city says has grown to $1.2 million.

The city’s release does not give a total budget figure, and two news outlets reported different totals, so we have left it out until the budget document itself is posted.

The schedule

The City Council receives the budget at a special meeting Thursday, October 15 at 6 p.m., followed by a Finance Committee hearing at 6:15. Department hearings follow, all at City Hall and streamed on the council’s YouTube channel:

October 22, 5:30 p.m. Law; 6:30 p.m. Science and Technology
October 29, 6 p.m. Public Utilities (water and sewer)
November 9, 6 p.m. Public Safety
November 10, 6 p.m. Capital Plan; 6:30 p.m. Planning
November 12, 6 p.m. General Services; 7 p.m. Sanitation
November 19, 7 p.m. Mayor and council review
Monday, November 30, 6 p.m. Final public hearing
Tuesday, December 1, 6 p.m. Adoption vote

Council President Sue Steele filed the schedule at the administration’s request and, in comments reported by WAMC, praised the proposal while crediting the fiscal position to the prior administration.

For comparison, the Town of Schaghticoke’s own 2027 budget hearing has not been scheduled; the Town Board’s hearing on a law to override the state tax cap is November 5 at 6 p.m. Our explainer is here.

Sources: the City of Troy’s October 10, 2026 budget release (troyny.gov); the City Council’s October 15 special meeting agenda and the budget hearing schedule filed by the City Clerk on October 5; WAMC, October 11, 2026.