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Hudson County adopts $713.6 million budget; Secaucus mayor urges state aid after 30% county tax spike
Summary
The Hudson County Board of County Commissioners adopted its 2025 budget on June 11, 2025, by an 8-1 vote. Secaucus Mayor Mike Gonnelli told commissioners his town faces an about-30% increase in the county share of property taxes and asked the county to seek state assistance; commissioners agreed to draft a resolution.
Hudson County commissioners on Wednesday adopted the 2025 county budget after a public hearing, voting 8–1 to approve total general appropriations of $713,587,235.10 and an amount to be raised by taxation for county purposes of $453,180,876.11.
Secaucus Mayor Mike Gonnelli told the board the county portion of property taxes on an average home in his town rose roughly 30%, a change he attributed to the state equalization formula: "the formula is really flawed," Gonnelli said, asking the county to delay action or seek other remedies so the town could avoid the full impact.
"We went up…
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