Town of Orangetown Proposition 2: 0.3% real estate transfer tax for a community preservation fund

The question, as printed on the ballot

Local Law to protect natural areas and other Town resources by creating real estate transfer tax paid by the purchaser, to be deposited in Community Preservation Fund, which revenues may be matched by State and Federal Funding. Shall Town of Orangetown Local Law 3-C of 2026, a local law approved by the Orangetown Town Board to protect natural areas in the Town from development; protect the water quality of rivers, lakes, and streams; protect the water quality of drinking water; conserve trees and wooded areas to protect air quality; protect wildlife habitat; preserve and establish parks and recreational areas; protect historic resources; preserve working farms; and protect farmland, in the Town of Orangetown, by creating a three tenths of one percent (0.3%) real estate transfer tax on the conveyance of interests in real property in the Town, with such tax to be paid by the purchaser, with revenues from this tax to be deposited in the Town of Orangetown Community Preservation Fund, which may be matched by State and Federal funding and which will require full public disclosure of all spending, be approved?