An additional 200 Nassau County workers will be losing their jobs following an announcement by Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano Monday morning.
Reacting to a report from County Comptroller George Maragos which stated that the county ended fiscal 2011 with a $45 million projected deficit, Mangano announced that as part of his latest plan to reduce the shortfall while not raising property taxes approximately 200 positions would be eliminated, non-mandated contracts would be cancelled, cuts to capital improvement projects would also be cut in addition to reduced hours at the departments of social services and traffic and parking violations agency in Hempstead. The budget had been projected at $310 million earlier.
“Families that work hard, play by the rules and live within their means deserve better than to be left with higher tax bills,” Mangano said in a press conference at the Nassau Legislature Monday…
via Mangano: More County Layoffs to Close $45M Gap – East Meadow, NY Patch.
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