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 →
Auditors for Mount Vernon found a $4.5 million surplus that was left over from the 2011 budget because the city didn’t use as much of its fund balance as it had expected, The Journal News/Lohud.com reports today. The money will be carried over into the current fiscal year, which ends Dec. 31, city… 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 →
Nearly 150 of the 553 state and local authorities have not filed statutorily required annual reports for 2011 with the state Authorities Budget Office and are subject to enforcement action, the agency announced today. More than half of the authorities—87—- are local development agencies. Others are state authorities (five), local… Read More →
Yonkers officials announced today that the city has received $300,000 in grants from the NY Youth Works program, which Gov. Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers recently created. The money will help fund training and placement of about 200 residents 16 to 24 who are unemployed. The program is providing $62 million for… Read More →
