Sean Mulkerrin reports for The Altamont Enterprise that Albany County's proposed budget is $25 million more than last year, but without a tax increase. “I’m pleased to present a budget that stays under the state tax cap for the fifth consecutive year,” County Executive Daniel McCoy said. The budget proposal is at $679,000,000 and must be approved by the county legislature. The governor's shared-services plan, McCoy said, did not save the county any money this year. “Right now, we didn’t affect it into the 2018 budget for a variety of reasons, because we were under a short time-frame to get that completed. Also, it’s going to take time — the state, I don’t think put anything into the budget for 2018. This is going to be future savings for 2019, 2020, 2021, especially with the healthcare. That’s what I’m really pushing for next year." Read the full story in The Altamont Enterprise.