Town of Hempstead 5-Year Budget Ledger: Every Dollar, Department & Line Item (2022–2026)
Net town-run spending went from $561,994,411.09 in 2022 to $644,235,994 in 2026 (+$82,241,582.91, +14.6%). The printed property tax levy went from $341,885,129.56 to $389,328,226.75. It jumped $42,124,555.68 (+12.1%) from 2024 to 2025, then $323,558.35 (+0.1%) from 2025 to 2026, while spending still rose $31,404,340.73 (+5.1%). Gross appropriations, before removing internal charge-backs, are $860,540,053 in 2026. Those books move $216,304,059 between Town funds.
Source: Town of Hempstead Adopted Budget books 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025 · 2026 (Office of the Town Comptroller). Figures are adopted budgets, not actual spending. Exact dollars are the default on this page.
Full ledger
All 925 lines are in the table below — nothing is hidden behind a click. Sort any number column. The total row stays pinned.
How the totals work. Gross adds every department and district. The Town then bills parks, sanitation, water and parking back to the General Fund and the districts. Those internal charge-backs ($216,304,059 in 2026) are removed to get the net town-run budget ($644,235,994), so a dollar is not counted twice. Admin charges the General Fund bills inside the Town stay in the net budget. Commissioner-run sanitary, water and library districts are outside this line-item ledger but are inside the printed town-wide tax levy. A dash means the line was not in that year's book. Account codes changed in 2024 from 4 digits to 6; lines are matched by department and line name. Whole dollars can differ from a printed fund total by at most $1 because the books round cents.
Who Runs NYThe votes, the money, and the taxes — Rae Arora