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Overall, the lower Hudson Valley region was down 8.4 percent in sales tax revenue, suffering the largest percentage loss in the state, where among 57 counties, 53 saw a sales tax decline. The good news, if there anything good about the Westchester County sales tax numbers, is by December we weren't having double digit decreases, we were having smaller decreases, said Donna Greene, a spokesperson for county executive Robert P. Astorino The bad news is that the sales tax is not like it was in the good old days, Greene said, referring to years prior to the recession when consumer spending drove county sales tax receipts to new heights in each annual budget.
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The lower Hudson Valley fared worst in the state in terms of sales tax revenue in 2009, according to data released late last month by state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli
In a dismal economic year, statewide sales tax receipts fell 5.9...See the full content of this document
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