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New Rochelle boaters, tennis players face fee hikes as budget passes

Originally published: December 11, 2012 3:43 PM
Updated: December 11, 2012 9:40 PM
By CHRISTIAN WADE  christian.wade@cablevision.com

Rick Hall, an employee at Al's Marine Repair,

Photo credit: Xavier Mascarenas | Rick Hall, an employee at Al's Marine Repair, waits for fuel lines to clean out as he winterizes a boat for dry storage at the New Rochelle Municipal Marina. The Hudson River's commercial marina owners and boat club members pummeled by superstorm Sandy are frantically working toward reopening by Memorial Day.. (Dec. 11, 2012)

New Rochelle firefighters will keep their lucrative overtime benefits in 2013 after the City Council voted Tuesday to pass an amended budget that would defray the costs by hiking fees on boaters and tennis players using city facilities.

The original proposed budget reduced the Fire Department's minimum staffing requirements from 27 firefighters per shift to 24 to help control growing overtime...

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