Westchester Legislators Override 2018 Budget Veto

WHITE PLAINS, NY — By a unanimous vote, Westchester County Board of Legislators overrode outgoing County Executive Robert Astorino’s budget veto. The county spending plan does not contain $29 million from a possible airport privatization deal.

There will be a 2 percent property sales tax increase in the 2018 budget, FIOS1 News said.

Catherine Borgia, the majority leader, said the increase would be about $31 for a home valued at $500,000.

A spokesman for the Democratic Caucus said that, after years of fiscal mismanagement in the name of ideology, it believes the unanimous support for the budget speaks for itself.

“We are putting Westchester back on a responsible financial path by working to plus the roughly $100 million budget hole left by the outgoing administration while funding vital services all Westchester taxpayers rely on,” he said.

For more, go to FIOS1 News.

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