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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
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Proposed $709M Rockland Budget Would See Tax Increase Proposed $709M Rockland Budget Would See Tax Increase
Proposed $709M Rockland Budget Would See Tax Increase Next year's proposed $709 million budget for Rockland County would raise property taxes by 2.9 percent, County Executive Ed Day announced on Monday, Oct. 1. While unveiling the proposed 2019 budget, Day said it remains under the state's 3 percent cap on annual property tax increases while fully funding not-for-profits, investing in law enforcement and reviving the Office for People with Disabilities. Day detailed his proposed spending plan at the Sheriff’s Backup Communications Center in New City, accompanied by Sheriff Louis Falco; because of its renewed focus on the needs of law enforceme…

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by Jon Craig