East Orange's Proposed 2026 Budget Would Raise the Municipal Tax Levy 14.2 Percent to About $107.8 Million
East Orange's proposed 2026 municipal budget raises the city's municipal tax levy by 14.2 percent to approximately $107.8 million while increasing overall spending to $203.3 million, according to Jersey Intel reporting — and the city's official budget sheet puts the amount to be raised by taxation for municipal purposes at $107,791,850.
East Orange's proposed 2026 municipal budget raises the city's municipal tax levy by 14.2 percent to approximately $107.8 million, while increasing overall spending to $203.3 million, according to Jersey Intel reporting summarized in The Montclair Girl's Nov. 1 Essex County news roundup.
The levy figure is corroborated by the city's own official 2026 municipal budget document, read by this desk, which lists the maximum allowable amount to be raised by taxation and the amount to be raised by taxation for municipal purpose at $107,791,850. The same document records estimated group insurance costs of $28.4 million for 2026 among the budget's major cost lines.
The budget remains a proposal: municipal budgets in New Jersey move through introduction, public hearing and adoption by the governing body before they take effect, and the figures above describe the plan as introduced, not a final adopted budget.
East Orange, an Essex County city bordering Newark, holds its budget hearings in City Council Chambers at 44 City Hall Plaza. Residents can review the full introduced budget through the city's published budget documents.
