Astorino, Ryan summitt — housing and taxes center stage
County Executive-elect Rob Astorino met with Westchester County Board of Legislators Chairman William Ryan, D-White Plains, this afternoon to discuss issues the two leaders will have to address in the New Year.
Central to the talks were the federal housing settlement and the county’s $1.8 billion budget proposal, which legislators are now reviewing — they must approve it by the end of the year. Outgoing County Executive Andrew Spano pitched his budget earlier this week; it raises taxes by 4.9 percent.
The two men met at Astorino’s transition headquarters in White Plains. They previously served together on the county board when Astorino was a legislator.
Ryan and Astorino also talked about future of county government, developing a bipartisan working relationship and brainstorming on opportunities to streamline, cut costs and improve county government operation, county board spokeswoman Tara Martin said.
Martin said the meeting, a first in-person since the election, was “cordial and productive.”
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