Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus Outlines Proposed Budget for 2026

The $1.04 billion budget includes funding for new programs, and continues Orange County’s history of good financial management

Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus speaks at the 2026 budget presentation at the Erie Hotel in Port Jervis, New York state, on Sept. 30, 2025. Oliver Mantyk/The Epoch Times

PORT JERVIS, N.Y.—Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus on Sept. 30 presented a proposed 2026 budget for the county at the Erie Hotel in Port Jervis.

As part of the proposed $1.04 billion budget, the county’s property tax rate would be reduced from $2.14 per $1,000 of assessed property value to $2.01, the Office of the Orange County Executive said in an Oct. 1 statement.