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DiNapoli: City of Kingston Is Addressing Infrastructure and Affordable Housing Needs While Maintaining Fiscal Stability

The City of Kingston’s economic revitalization and climate resiliency efforts include investments in its infrastructure, institutions and local amenities, enhancing its status as a regional destination for arts, culture and history, even as the city works through challenges, including housing affordability and budgetary constraints, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

Local Governments Should Improve Accessibility for New Yorkers

Municipalities should consider improving physical accessibility to their facilities for people with disabilities, according to a report released by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Visits to selected public facilities including libraries, meeting halls and government offices in 20 cities, towns and a village found parking lots, building entrances, and bathrooms where accessibility could be improved to prevent potential hardships for individuals with disabilities.

Local Sales Tax Collections Total $5.8 Billion, Up 3.2% in First Quarter

Local government sales tax collections totaled $5.8 billion in the first quarter (January-March) of 2025, an increase of 3.2% ($180 million) compared to the same quarter last year. Each of the 10 regions in the state, including New York City, had a year-over-year increase in collections. This marked the second straight year that first quarter growth was below the pre-pandemic average of 3.5%.| Regional Table [xlsx]

DiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Total $5.8 Billion, Up 3.2% in First Quarter

Local government sales tax collections totaled $5.8 billion in the first quarter (January-March) of 2025, an increase of 3.2% ($180 million) compared to the same quarter last year. Each of the 10 regions in the state, including New York City, had a year-over-year increase in collections, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. This marked the second straight year that first quarter growth was below the pre-pandemic average of 3.5%.

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits

East Ramapo Central School District – Budget Review (Rockland County) 

Auditors identified a number of issues with revenues and expenditures. They found the district’s unassigned fund balance increased from $4.4 million in 2021-22 to $31.3 million in 2023-24 and unassigned fund balance as a percentage of the ensuing year’s appropriations increasing from 1.7% in 2021-22 to 9.2% in 2023-24, exceeding the 4% statuory limit.

DiNapoli Releases 2024 Fiscal Stress Scores for Villages and Some Cities

State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced that nine villages were designated in fiscal stress under his office’s Fiscal Stress Monitoring System (FSMS) for their fiscal year ending in 2024. DiNapoli’s office evaluated all non-calendar year local governments that filed their financial reports in time to be scored and designated three villages in “significant fiscal stress,” two in “moderate fiscal stress,” and four as “susceptible to fiscal stress.” 

State Comptroller DiNapoli and Department of Financial Services Superintendent Harris Designate New Banking Development District Branch To Support Community Banking in Red Hook

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Department of Financial Services Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris today announced the approval of Spring Bank’s Red Hook Branch as a Banking Development District (BDD) and deposited $10 million in public funds to the bank.