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Stage set for Westchester budget battle among Democrats, unions, Astorino

NEWS 12 WESTCHESTER: The county executive says 800

NEWS 12 WESTCHESTER: The county executive says 800 layoffs may need to be figured in to the 2013 budget. (Oct. 18, 2012) (October 18, 2012 6:18 PM)

With negotiators still in talks with Westchester County's largest labor union, County Executive Robert Astorino is likely to propose laying off several hundred workers when he unveils his draft 2013 budget Wednesday.

Astorino, a Republican, declined to comment on his budget proposal, which he's scheduled to make public at a 1 p.m. news conference. But his staff and representatives of the Civil...

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