WHITE PLAINS -- Closing Westchester County's historic but money-losing Playland amusement park would save taxpayers $2 million next year and has to be considered in coming up with a 2012 budget, the county executive said Thursday.
County Executive Rob Astorino said such a move would be "drastic" and he was not yet recommending it. But he warned that the county could face a $100 million deficit in 2012 and vowed he would not raise taxes to cover any of it. He said something has to be done to stanch the losses at Playland.
Playland, a National Historic Landmark in Rye on Long Island Sound, is about 25 miles north of midtown Manhattan. It opened in 1928 and was featured in the 1988 Tom Hanks film "Big." Among its famous old rides are the wooden "Dragon" roller coaster and a high-speed carousel. It's the nation's largest government-owned amusement park.
-- Associated Press
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