Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus Outlines Proposed Budget for 2026

Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus Outlines Proposed Budget for 2026

PORT JERVIS, N.Y.—Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus on Sept. 30 presented a proposed 2026 budget for the county at the Erie Hotel in Port Jervis. As part of the proposed $1.04 billion budget, the county’s property tax rate would be reduced from $2.14 per $1,000 of assessed property value to $2.01, the Office of the Orange County Executive said in an Oct. 1 statement. The county expects to collect $122.5 million in property taxes in 2025, acc…