POUGHKEEPSIE – In light of the stalled economy because of the coronavirus, Poughkeepsie Mayor Rob Rolison has instructed all department heads in the city to cut 15 percent from their budgets.
The mayor said with less revenue coming in now, the city has to adjust its spending.
“We anticipate, as all levels of government do, there will be less revenues coming into the City of Poughkeepsie to support, not only, the 2020 budget, but as we are going to start the 2021 budget preparation earlier this year – normally it’s done mid-summer; we are going to start early summer to get our arms around just what types of revenues we expect to have going into next year,” he said.
Sales tax revenue is expected to be down and many people will delay paying their property taxes because of lost income.
