YONKERS, NY — January 7, 2012– It was 2011; it was the last meeting of the Clarkstown Town Board. Supervisor Alex Gromack demanded a vote to eliminate the position of deputy town attorney in order to hire a private law firm to handle the workload. This, on the basis of an ongoing effort to reduce government services costs through consolidation. In …
Sales Tax Revenue Collections Slump 8.7 Percent in Yonkers BY HEZI ARIS
YONKERS, NY, July 12, 2010 — Sales Tax revenue collections were up 25 percent throughout Westchester; comparing most favorably with Rockland's 3.2 percent negative collections and Putnam’s 1.3 percent negative collections. Upon closer inspection however, Westchester cities did not fare as well as the county overall: