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Local Sales Tax Collections Through September Up 4.3 Percent Over Prior Year

All of the state’s 10 regions experienced year-over-year increases in collections through September 2025. View Monthly and Quarterly Local Sales Tax Collections by Region

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Fiscal Stress Monitoring System Municipalities: Fiscal Year 2024 Results

This report highlights the results for counties, cities, towns and villages that reported annual financial data in time with the Office of the New York State Comptroller for local fiscal years ending (FYE) in 2024. Overall, the number of local governments designated in fiscal stress increased in FYE 2024 but remained near all-time lows. Included in this report is an analysis of both fiscal stress and environmental stress indicators and trends for non-filing local governments for fiscal stress purposes. | Fiscal Stress Monitoring System Statistics

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Local Sales Tax Collections Up 3.7 Percent in the First Half of 2025

Sales tax collections for local governments and other local taxing entities in New York State totaled $11.9 billion in the first half of 2025, up 3.7 percent ($423 million) over the same period last year. Over the past few years, since the end of the dramatic pandemic-related swings in collections from 2020 to 2022, first-half sales taxes are showing similar patterns of growth as in the years following the recession-related dip in 2009. All of the state’s 10 regions saw year-over-year growth in first-half collections. New York City’s collections grew by 4.7 percent, while collections in the counties and cities in the rest of the state experienced 2.8 percent aggregate growth. | Regional Table [.xlsx]

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Performance of Industrial Development Agencies in New York State – 2025 Annual Report

This report summarizes project and financial data submitted by industrial development agencies (IDAs) for fiscal year 2023 – the most recent data available – through the Public Authorities Reporting Information System. It also contains a brief discussion of local development corporations, a related type of local authority. For regional and individual IDA summary-level data, see our Interactive Map. For more detailed IDA data, see IDA 2023 | LDC 2023.

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New Official Quick Start Guide

The Comptroller's Division of Local Government and School Accountability provides essential support to these officials to keep operations and services running smoothly for New Yorkers. If you’re a new local government official, complete the five tasks in this guide to get started in your new role.

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