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Local Sales Tax Collections Total $18.2 Billion Through September 2025, Up Over 4.3% Over Prior Year

Local government sales tax collections totaled $18.2 billion from January to September 2025, an increase of 4.3% ($747 million) compared to the same period last year. Growth so far this year is higher than the 3.8% average growth rate seen from January to September for the 2010 to 2019 period of recovery and expansion following the Great Recession. | Regional Table [.xlsx]

DiNapoli: Troy Housing Authority IT Worker Arrested for Secretly Running Private Business on Housing Authority Time

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly, and New York State Police Superintendent Steven G. James announced the arrest of a former Troy Housing Authority information technology (IT) employee for the alleged theft of $7,089 in wages.