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Astorino threatens to veto Democrats' changes to budget

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino discusses the development

Photo credit: Rory Glaeseman | Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino discusses the development of part of the Grasslands Reservation — which the county owns — in Valhalla during a White Plains press conference. (March 1, 2012)

Republican Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino said he will veto Democrats' 2013 budget plan, contending it would reward unions and ruin the county's sterling credit rating.

"They have turned upside down this budget to the point where it is an unworkable budget if it were ever to get through," Astorino said during a news conference in the county offices in White Plains. "It would be...

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