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Angry Westchester residents sound off on proposed budget cuts

Published: November 20, 2012 9:23 PM
By JOHN DYER  john.dyer@cablevision.com

Karen Pecora, president of the CSEA union, speaks

Photo credit: John Dyer | Karen Pecora, president of the CSEA union, speaks before lawmakers and residents at a hearing on Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino's proposed budget in Mamaroneck Village Hall. (Nov. 20, 2012)

Art lovers wore yellow hats. Parents and children seeking more funding for day care wore caps emblazoned with duck faces. Union members wore blue T-shirts.

But the 200 or so people who packed an overcrowded Mamaroneck Village Hall on Tuesday night were united in their anger about spending cuts included in Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino's proposed $1.7 billion budget.

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