Freshman Assemblyman Aron Wieder has introduced legislation that would require that the East Ramapo School District refund taxpayers.

News 12's Diane Caruso spoke with Wieder in a virtual interview while he was in Albany.

"If you walk into a grocery store and you pay money for a product, and you expect the delivery of the product and the product doesn't arrive. Don't you ask for a refund?" the Democrat explained.

It stems from the district recently identifying a surplus estimated at $30 million last November to now possibly over $100 million.

Weider says the more than 4% tax hike that district taxpayers were mandated to pay last year by the state Education Commissioner should be returned to them in the form of a refund.

Weider is also asking the state attorney general examine the state Education Department policies and procedures in how this came about.

Questions come as the district is searching for a new superintendent.

An interim superintendent began at the start of this school year.

A spokesperson for the school district says the New York state comptroller is already performing a finance audit of the East Ramapo Central School District. Results from this review are expected back within a few weeks.