Despite no new state budget in place, residents headed to the polls Tuesday to vote on next year's school budgets. The Schenectady City School District's budget was among several that were shot down. Solomon Syed has the details.

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SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- Voters in the Schenectady City School District rejected the more than $161 million spending plan Tuesday night. The budget was defeated by a vote of 1,822 to 1,601.

The plan carried a nearly six percent tax levy.

As for the nine people vying for four seats on the school, Cathy Lewis, Ann Reilly, Andrew Chestnut and Ronald Lindsay were the top vote-getters. The only incumbent out of those nine candidates, School Board President Maxine Brisport, garnered the second fewest votes.

The vote comes as a tumultuous school year winds down. Some have called for school Superintendent Eric Ely's resignation on the heels of the Steven Raucci trial. It's alleged that Ely tipped off now-convicted Steven Raucci that he was being investigated on harassment and arson charges.