Rockland’s next budget could take a 50-million dollar hit next year due to the coronavirus situation. Rockland County Executive Ed Day says the effects could have a crippling effect on how the county operates…
Legislature Minority Leader Lon Hofstein says the loss of revenue will have to be made up somehow…
Governor Andrew Cuomo says it’s too early to panic over budget shortfalls just yet…
School districts also face severe spending cuts if their budgets weren’t passed by voters earlier this month. Final tallies are expected soon, but the governor will permit a second vote to take place sometime after July 9th if necessary.
COVID-19 by the numbers now, the state has confirmed over 383,000 total cases and 24,551 deaths. In Rockland, the state says we’ve got 13,400 reported cases, and the Rockland Health Department confirms 661 fatalities here in the county, that figure is unchanged since Friday.