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Rockland Budget With 2.9 Tax Hike Adopted Rockland Budget With 2.9 Tax Hike Adopted
Rockland Budget With 2.9 Tax Hike Adopted Rockland County Executive Ed Day thanked the Minority members of the Rockland County Legislature for supporting his vetoes as the county's $709 million budget with a 2.9 percent tax hike was approved. "The Majority's amended budget would have been a return to the days of speculative revenue, over-estimating sales tax revenue and a refusal to modernize county government," said Day. "In short, a budget like theirs could lead us back down the path of deficits and double-digit tax increases; a return to the sins of the past." The vetoes included Legislative amendments that: Included $3.5 mill…

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by Kathy Reakes