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🌱 Patch AM: How will Rockland’s 2026 legislature leadership and budget choices affect you?

Also check out 5 Things You Must Know About Estate Planning After 65 (Online) on the New City Patch calendar

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  • How will Rockland’s 2026 legislature leadership and budget choices affect you?

Also on today's calendar: 5 Things You Must Know About Estate Planning After 65 (Online) and 9 more events.

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  • Friday: Rain and drizzle in the p.m., with a high of 50 and low of 39 degrees.
  • Saturday: Rain from late morning on, temps: high: 43, low: 38.
  • Sunday: Clouds yielding to sun, with a high of 46 and low of 30 degrees.

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• Jay Hood Re-Elected Chairman of 2026 Rockland County Legislature (rocklandnews.com) — New City residents should know that the Rockland County Legislature, meeting in town, has re-elected Jay Hood Jr. as chairman for 2026 and kept key leadership positions in place. Lawmakers highlighted no county property tax increase for 2026, new investments in food pantries, nonprofits, affordable housing, open space, and pedestrian safety, plus expanded benefits for families of fallen volunteer responders.
   

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