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Orange County Legislature OKs two-year extension of 0.3% sales tax; county executive urges keeping rate
Summary
The Orange County Legislature's Rules Committee approved a request to extend the county'wide 0.3 percentage point sales-tax increment from Dec. 1, 2025, through Nov. 30, 2027. County leaders and municipal representatives said the revenue fills a county and municipal budget gap and warned that reducing the rate would leave millions "on the table."
The Orange County Legislature's Rules Committee voted to request a two-year extension of the county'level 0.3 percentage point sales tax, approving a legislative request to continue the rate from Dec. 1, 2025, through Nov. 30, 2027.
The County Executive, speaking before the committee, urged legislators to maintain the current rate. "If we lower it from the rate we're at now, we're going to leave $38,000,000 on the table," he said, adding that other counties across New York are not…
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