Community Corner
Question of the Day: Do You Support County Sales Tax?
Gov. Cuomo signed a bill that allows Westchester County to continue to distribute sales tax funds to municipalities. Would you be happier without the tax, or is it money well spent?
In , political columnist Dan Wiessner discusses a bill signed by Gov. Cuomo that allows Westchester County to continue to disperse sales tax revenues to municipalities, which use the funds to help run local governments and schools.
The article notes that according to Westchester County Spokeswoman Donna Greene, only about $24 million of $112 million in sales tax revenues go to municipalities in the fourth quarter of 2010.
What do you think about the county sales tax? Are New Yorkers, and Westchester County residents in particular overly burdened with federal, state, property and sales taxes, or do municipalities and school districts need the money in seemingly neverending difficult economic times? In what ways do you think such funds could be spent more prudently?
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