The Westchester County Department of Senior Programs and Services, the Westchester Public/Private Partnership for Aging Services and The Bristal assisted-living community are sponsoring a Senior Law Program May 7 on legal issues, financial matters and health preparations for senior citizens. The program, “Today, Today, Today … But What about Tomorrow?”... Read More →
Sales tax collections for the first quarter of 2013 are up significantly in Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties compared to last year, according to data released today by the state Department of Taxation and Finance. Statewide, tax collections were $2.8 billion, 3.91 percent more than January through March 2012. The… Read More →
The FBI arrested Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin and Deputy Mayor Joseph Desmaret this morning on charges they accepted bribes in exchange for backing a sale of village land to a private concern, The Journal News/lohud.com reports. They were taken to White Plains and are scheduled to be arraigned in federal court… Read More →
Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties could save a total of $212 million over five years under a proposal by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to give local governments the option of reducing pension contribution rates in the short term, and increasing them over the long term. The governor included the proposal—called the… Read More →
This morning the state Authorities Budget Office released a list showing industrial development agencies and local development corporations that have failed to file financial reports with the state. Several agencies contacted about the list said it was an oversight or a technical mistake. “The (Yonkers Downtown Waterfront Development Corporation) is… Read More →
Rockland, Westchester and Putnam counties all ended the 2012 calendar year with higher sales tax collections than in 2011, according to new data released by the state Department of Taxation and Finance today. —Westchester ended the year with $459.6 million in collections, which is $8.7 million, or 1.93 percent, higher… Read More →
Tax Watch columnist David McKay Wilson will moderate a panel regarding efforts underway to stop demolition of the WestHELP housing complex, which will be held Mon. Jan. 14 at the monthly meeting of the Greenburgh-White Plains chapter of the NAACP. The panel discussion, at 7:30 p.m., will be held at… Read More →
The Mid-Hudson RegionalEconomic Development Council was awarded $92.8 million dollars in grants this week for 84 projects around the region, including $1 million for restoration of the Glenwood Power Plant; $1 million for an iBio Incubator at New York Medical College in Valhalla; $775,000 to create a Hudson Valley Food Hub in Ulster County; and… Read More →
The Westchester County Industrial Development Agency is offering a Xylem, a water treatment equipment manufacturer, $562,000 in sales-tax exemptions to keep the company from moving to Stamford. The IDA voted Thursday to offer the exemptions in a bid to keep the company’s 106 jobs in the county, according to an… Read More →
Sales tax collections for Rockland, Putnam and Westchester counties and New York state were up for the third quarter of the year—July through September—compared to the same period last year, according to data released by the state Department of Taxation and Finance this week. They are down for Mount Vernon… Read More →
