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County employees jeer Astorino's 'sinister' budget cuts

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino announces the 2013

Photo credit: Faye Murman | Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino announces the 2013 county budget during a news conference in White Plains. (Nov. 14, 2012)

Hundreds turned up for the last of three public hearings on Westchester County's budget Wednesday night, and the meeting went much like the two that preceded it, with union members and county employees protesting County Executive Rob Astorino's proposed cuts.

Astorino's proposed $1.7 billion budget features 126 layoffs and program cuts to cover an $85 million budget gap.

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