Year over year, New York City’s sales tax collections totaled $8.8 billion, an increase of 8.5% ($693 million), while aggregate collections for the counties and cities in the rest of the state grew by 6.7% ($597 million) and other local sales tax collections increased 7.9% ($93 million).

All but one county outside of New York City experienced increases in collections, with eight counties seeing double-digit growth. Sullivan County was the only county to see a year-over-year decrease in collections at -1.9%. The report indicated that all counties in the Hudson Valley region, with the exception of Orange County, posted sales tax increases of between 5% to 10%. Orange County recorded a sales tax increase of less than 5%,

All regions of the state had year-over-year sales tax collection increases,” Mr. DiNapoli said. “But higher costs are forcing many families to stretch their household budgets, which could in turn reduce consumer spending. Given this risk, local governments should temper their expectations for sales tax revenue growth.”