‘There’s a vision’: McLaughlin delivers proposed 2026 Rensselaer County budget

‘There’s a vision’: McLaughlin delivers proposed 2026 Rensselaer County budget

EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. — Rensselaer County has proposed another decrease in property taxes for the eighth straight year. The proposed 2026 budget would reduce taxes by another 9.1 percent, Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin announced Monday. “We have spent the last eight years reducing our property tax rate and making our county more affordable and more attractive for those seeking to invest and create jobs or simply live and raise a fam…