Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano has unveiled his budget proposal for the city, which includes no layoffs and historic aid to Yonkers Public Schools.

The $1.1 billion spending plan could mean that property taxes may go up about $77 a year for homeowners. And even with an increase of about $14 million for city schools, the superintendent says he is not yet sure what programs will be on the books for next year.

"You have to preserve those services," says Superintendent Edwin Quezada. "You have to look at the additional revenues that have been given to us and see where is it that we would best allocate them."

Spano had hoped the state Legislature would have introduced legislation by now that would have paid for the district's rebuilding. That extra cost will now fall on the city.

Instead of using "chewing gum" and "Band-Aids" to get the city's schools through the next few years, Spano says that more permanent fixes can be made going forward.

The Yonkers PTA says it will lobby City Council members to get more money for students.

The Yonkers City Council must adopt a new spending plan by July 1.