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Rockland towns on verge of big tax hikes

The Town of Ramapo's Town Hall on Route

Photo credit: Photo by Angela Gaul | The Town of Ramapo's Town Hall on Route 59 in Suffern. The police department shares the building. (Feb. 15, 2012)

Rockland County's towns are on the verge of breaking through the state's 2 percent cap on property tax increases as they grapple with the impact of rising labor expenses and cost shifting from the county government.

Monday was the deadline to submit fiscal 2013 budgets to town councils for review, and three of the five towns have proposed property tax increases that will require them to override...

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