Bipartisan vote scrambles Westchester budget
Photo credit: Xavier Mascarenas | Democrat Michael Kaplowitz speaks at the podium as, from left, Minority Whip Gordon Burrows (R), Minority Leader James Maisano (R) and Virginia Perez (D) stand by at their announcement of a bipartisan budget proposal before a Westchester County Board of Legislators meeting in White Plains. (Dec. 7, 2012)
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The two Democratic legislators who crossed party lines last week to pass a 2013 budget for Westchester County don't consider themselves a breakaway caucus.
But Michael Kaplowitz (D-Somers) and Virginia Perez (D-Yonkers) expect to vote with Republicans on the Board of Legislators again to avoid gridlock as board chairman Ken Jenkins (D-Yonkers) embarks on an expected run against Republican...
