Westchester Legislature's $1.8 Billion Budget Deal Increases Taxes

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. --Westchester residents could be seeing an increase in their county taxes next year.

Majority Leader Catherine Borgia said the board has enough votes to override any veto from County Executive Rob Astorino.
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12/10/2017 5:00 a.m.

The Board of Legislators reached a deal on a $1.8 billion budget that increases taxes by two percent Friday. Majority Leader Catherine Borgia (D-Ossining) said they have enough votes to override a veto by County Executive Rob Astorino (R-Mount Pleasant), who has vowed not to increase taxes and has not proposed a budget with a tax increase since he took office.

Astorino was defeated in his bid for a third term last month by George Latimer.

The budget scraps the $30 million Astorino said the county would receive from privatizing Westchester County Airport and increases funding for non-profits and adds positions on the county executive's office and department of public works.

Starting Monday, Astorino will have five days to issue line-item vetoes or 10 days to veto the entire budget.

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