Port Jervis City Council Postpones Budget Vote Amid Continuing Work to Lower Tax Hike

The Port Jervis City Hall on Sept. 5, 2022. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times

After an hour-long discussion on Dec. 12, Port Jervis City Council couldn’t muster enough support for its expected nearly eight percent tax hike and postponed the budget vote to the next meeting.

Councilman-At-Large Stanley Siegel told The Epoch Times on Dec. 13. “We are in a predicament. It is heartbreaking.”