Two weeks ago, the county offered the New York Life Insurance Company incentives worth $1.7 million to move 1,000 workers into the county.
When the county offered potassium iodide pills to counteract effects of radiation, he passed.
To defuse controversy, the county offers sites on its property as alternatives.
"I don't think people see the connection between lower taxes and services the county offers," he said.
No other municipality in the county offers the benefits, though the county, state, and New York City governments do.
In August, the county offered a lump-sum severance package worth between $6,000 and $8,500, depending on length of service.
Already, 34 families have been given emergency hardship grants totalling more than £23,000, as the county offers them a lifeline.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has warned that unless the county offers a plan to meet its obligations by April 25, it will lose $7.4 million in grants for housing and other projects.
Andrew J. Spano, the county executive, said the county offered many rehabilitative programs in the jail, to help inmates turn around their lives and to protect the public.
Also today, county negotiators agreed to resume contract talks, which had broken off on Sept. 29, when the county offered raises of 9percentt over three years.
