• The District Budget Vote and Board of Education Election takes place May 20, 2025. Polls open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. General Elections sites.

    Below is the only proposition which will appear on the ballot:

    PROPOSITION NO. 1 - GENERAL BUDGET

    Shall the following resolution be adopted to-wit:

     Shall the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of Niagara Falls be authorized to expend the sums set forth in the proposed 2025-2026 budget in the total amount of $202,840,136 and to levy the necessary tax?

     

    BOARD OF EDUCATION 
    (VOTE FOR TWO)
    1. Jockline Pryor
    2. Clara Dunn
    3. Dwayne Gaczewski, Jr.
    4. Lawrence Blaber Jr.
    5. Russell Petrozzi
    6. Peter Murray
     

     

    Candidates

    Two candidates will be elected to each serve a five-year term, beginning July 1, 2025. Petitions were made available from the District Clerk, 630 66th Street, beginning March 4, 2025. The deadline to submit petitions is 5 p.m. April 30, 2025. 

     

    A Board of Education member of the Niagara Falls City School District must meet the following qualifications:

    a) A citizen of the United States; 

    b) Eighteen (18) years of age or older;

    c) Able to read and write;

    d) A legal resident of the District for a continuous and uninterrupted period of at least one (1) year prior to the election;

    e) Cannot be an employee of the Niagara Falls City School District;

    f) The only member of his/her family (that is, cannot be a member of the same household) on the Niagara Falls City School District Board;

    g) May not simultaneously hold another incompatible public office, including, but not limited to Superintendent, clerk, tax collector, treasurer or librarian, or an employee of the Board. In small city school districts, Board members may not hold any city office other than that of police officer or firefighter.

    h) Must not have been removed from a school district office within one (1) year preceding the date of appointment or election to the Board. Number of Members. The Board of Education of the Niagara Falls City School District shall consist of nine (9) members elected by the qualified voters of the School District at the annual election as prescribed by law. 

     

     

    Qualifications to Register

    To qualify for voter registration in New York State, you must:

    • be a United States Citizen;
    • be 18 years old (you may pre-register at 16 or 17 but cannot vote until you are 18);
    • be a resident of this state and the county, city or village for at least 30 days before the election;
    • not be in prison for a felony conviction;
    • not be adjudged mentally incompetent by a court;
    • not claim the right to vote elsewhere

    REGISTER TO VOTE BY CLICKING THIS LINK

     

     Personal registration day was held April 28 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at 630 66th Street.