Albany, NY – The State Senate approved an Assembly bill sponsored by Aileen Gunther to allow the County of Sullivan the ability to raise its sales tax for two years by one-half of one percent, and to increase its hotel and motel room tax from two percent to a maximum of five percent.
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With Senate approval all that is left is for the governor to sign the legislation and for the county to conduct a public hearing and then vote final approval. Governor Spitzer is expected to sign it next Monday.
The additional sales tax alone is expected to mean another $4 million in the county coffers.
Senator John Bonacic secured from the county a commitment that it would not raise county property taxes for two years if the state approval is granted. [Mid-Hudson News]