Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino and Police Benevolent Association President Michael Hagan have reached a tentative six-year contract that would be retroactive to 2009, they announced today. If approved by union members and the Board of Legislators, officers in the Department of Public Safety will receive raises for all six… Read More →
Rockland lawmakers voted 11-6 yesterday to create a local development corporation to sell the financially strapped Summit Park Nursing Care Center, The Journal News/lohud.com reports today. Proceeds from the sale would be used to reduce the county’s $96.4 million budget deficit or cover the cost of operations if revenues fall significantly… Read More →
The Civil Service Employees Association in Rockland went to court Friday to seek an injunction against County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef’s decision to close a taxpayer-funded pharmacy that provided union employees and retirees with free prescriptions for maintenance medications. The county executive terminated the contract with the company that operated the… Read More →
Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties could save a total of $212 million over five years under a proposal by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to give local governments the option of reducing pension contribution rates in the short term, and increasing them over the long term. The governor included the proposal—called the… Read More →
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration has created a new website that is intended to be New Yorkers’ one-stop site for information about the $136 billion state budget he proposed today. The website includes charts and graphics, historical budget information, comparisons of budgeted and actual spending and other features. The budget plan,... Read More →
The Rockland County Legislature voted last night to override County Executive C. Scott Vanderheof made to its 2013 budget, The Journal News/Lohud.com reports today. The overrides by the Democrat-led Legislature keep intact more than 70 county positions that were due to be eliminated or outsourced under the budget proposed by the county… Read More →
Rockland legislators are not expected to approve County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef’s $737 million budget as it was submitted to them when they vote tomorrow on the 2013 spending plan, The Journal News/Lohud.com reports today. Some legislators have taken issue with several of Vanderhoef’s proposals, including an 18 percent property-tax… Read More →
Rockland County residents would see a $157 property-tax hike under County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef’s proposed $736.9 million budget for 2013, The Journal News/Lohud.com reports today. The increase would be about 18.4 percent, which would bring in roughly $14.9 million more in property taxes. The overall budget would be 3.8 percent more than this… Read More →
New Rochelle and the Civil Service Employees Association have reached a tentative agreement that would freeze salaries for two years and 2 percent hikes in years three and four of the contract, The Journal News reports today. It would allow the city to hire new employees at salaries 10 percent… Read More →
