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KINGSTON, N.Y. — Members of the Legislature’s Ways and Means Committee on Monday put their stamp of approval on a series of amendments that would add roughly $3 million to the proposed 2026 county budget.

The most significant increase to the budget was the inclusion of $2.2 million from the county occupancy tax to be put toward housing initiatives.

Committee members also voted to add $800,000 to the proposed spending plan to expand advanced life support services coverage in the county, $40,0000 to address food insecurity among immigrant populations, $20,000 to provide additional monies for professional services for the county clerk, and $8,410 to increase funding for the Probation Department.

Those measures, along with a handful of others ei

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