Overview
Rockland County's adopted 2026 budget totals $914,218,305 in expenses across all funds, up from the $913.8 million proposed budget (itself 4.26%, or $37.3 million, above 2025). The budget holds the line on county property taxes — the county real property tax levy is $125,500,000 — with no workforce layoffs. Program expense ($249,624,420) and salaries ($202,494,960) are the largest cost categories. The Legislature added funding for nonprofits ($2.677 million), veterans' services ($1.150 million), and tourism and economic development (about $3.1 million).
Source: Rockland County 2027 Proposed Budget (2026 Adopted column).
At a glance — adopted budget 2026
Where the money goes (2026 adopted)
All-funds expense categories from the 2027 Proposed Budget book's 2026 Adopted column; the categories sum exactly to the adopted total.
| Salaries | $202,494,960 |
| Benefits | $139,139,025 |
| Equipment | $1,741,000 |
| Supplies | $15,006,835 |
| Contractual expense | $97,665,350 |
| Program expense | $249,624,420 |
| Other expense | $54,562,220 |
| Allocated costs | $35,984,000 |
| Benefit control — RCC | $18,886,000 |
| Interfund transfers | $99,114,495 |
| Total expenses | $914,218,305 |
Source: Rockland County 2027 Proposed Budget, Where the Money Goes.
Taxation (2026 adopted)
Local taxation lines from the same book's 2026 Adopted column. Total taxation is $444,388,665; the county real property tax line is flat.
| County real property taxes | $125,500,000 |
| Sales tax | $296,000,000 |
| Hotel / motel occupancy tax | $1,600,000 |
| County mortgage tax | $7,100,000 |
| Sewer property benefit tax | $14,188,665 |
| Total taxation | $444,388,665 |
Adoption-release highlights: nonprofit assistance $2.677 million (up 14.3% over 2025, separate from $2 million in emergency food-pantry funding after SNAP cuts on November 1); Veterans' Service Agency funding $1.150 million (up $146,000, serving about 9,000 veterans); Tourism & Economic Development about $3.1 million (up $509,880); $30 million earmarked for the county-wide sidewalk project; and more than $7 million for affordable-housing initiatives. The release also notes the county's Triple A credit rating from Moody's.
Source: Rockland County Legislature, In Bipartisan Vote, Legislature Adopts 2026 County Budget.
Elected officials
| County Executive | Ed Day |
| Chairman, County Legislature | Jay Hood Jr. |
| Budget & Finance Committee Chairman | Itamar Yeger |
| Majority Leader | Alden H. Wolfe |
| Minority Leader | Lon M. Hofstein |
Sources & notes
- Sources used: Rockland County, 2027 Proposed Budget book (2026 Adopted column). 2027 Proposed Budget; Rockland County Legislature, adoption release (December 2, 2025). In Bipartisan Vote, Legislature Adopts 2026 County Budget.
- Sum checks: expense categories exact at $914,218,305; taxation lines exact at $444,388,665 ($125,500,000 + $296,000,000 + $1,600,000 + $7,100,000 + $14,188,665).
- What is not claimed: no General Fund total is headlined, because the cited book excerpt gives the all-funds expense total; the queue's General Fund figures ($733,506,440 revenues / $709,078,340 appropriations, from a bond official statement) are not repeated here because that statement was not separately retrieved. The third-party $896.8 million / December 29 feed is not used.
- Jurisdiction palette: no verified Rockland County palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a county color.