What Governor Patterson's Budget Cuts Will Cost Rockland County

The numbers are in

Good Samaritan Hospital of Suffern stands to lose $7,057,473.00

That's the equivalent of:
136 nurses or
86 beds or
27,820 outpatient clinic visits

Nyack Hospital stands to lose $5,293,174.00

That's the equivalent of:
78 nurses or
51 beds or
20,866 outpatient clinic visits

Haverstraw-Stony Point Central School District (North Rockland) stands to lose $5,978,707.00

Clarkstown Central School District stands to lose $5,866,501.00

East Ramapo Central School District (Spring Valley) stands to lose $4,611,024.00

Ramapo Central School District (Suffern) stands to lose $2,895,041.00

South Orangetown Central School District stands to lose $1,921,235.00

Nyack Union Free School District stands to lose $1,466,644.00

Pearl River Union Free School District stands to lose $1,428,501.00

Nanuet Union Free School District stands to lose $1,375,575.00

These budget cuts will have to be made up by increasing local property taxes.

Governor Patterson's refusal to consider raising taxes on New York's wealthiest will result in increased financial pain for middle and working class families