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Rockland panel OKs yet another bond plan for closing $96M deficit

Rockland County’s Budget and Finance Committee meets Wednesday

Photo credit: Sarah Armaghan | Rockland County’s Budget and Finance Committee meets Wednesday night to discuss deficit and to recommend revenue and tax anticipation notes to keep cash flow going. (Feb. 13, 2013)

Rockland County legislators are again looking to float $100 million in bonds to cover bills while the county deals with a looming $96 million shortfall.

The solution to the county's ongoing fiscal woes isn't a new one: It already has cost the county millions in the past several years.

The county Budget and Finance Committee, headed by Legis. Michael Grant (D-Pomona), unanimously passed...

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