Sentences with phrase «county tax dollars»

It's county tax dollars, it's our work and should be given preferential treatment to county employees, companies, people.»

Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz said, «This local law keeps our county tax dollars working right here in Erie County, investing in county construction projects as well as in our workforce.

The store is partially funded by Suffolk County tax dollars.

«There is not one penny of local County tax dollars involved,» the County Executive said.

She said the tax break money comes from county tax dollars but there was no conversation between the agency and the county government, inferring a lack of transparency.

As the taxpayer's watchdog, one of Mark's first actions was to strengthen the office's Audit Division and shape it into an Inspector General - style organization that stops and prevents waste, fraud and abuse of county tax dollars.

These are Erie County tax dollars that are directly going to other counties.

«We are doing very well,» she said, adding that money her campaign raises is being spent wisely — just as county tax dollars will be if she is elected.

Not exact matches

In a statement on Tuesday, TransCanada said the Keystone XL would create thousands of construction jobs and generate tens of millions of dollars in property taxes annually to counties along the proposed route.

That means that, while tax rates in Madison County aren't especially high, homeowners in the county pay more in dollar terms than homeowners in any other Mississippi cCounty aren't especially high, homeowners in the county pay more in dollar terms than homeowners in any other Mississippi ccounty pay more in dollar terms than homeowners in any other Mississippi countycounty.

In contrast to the PUD's rate increase that sends the message that Chelan County does not want HDL companies, Iowa has attracted HDL companies with millions of dollars in tax incentives and other benefits.

Homeowners in Fulton County pay the highest property taxes in dollar terms, with the median property tax payment equaling $ 2,692 per year.

In dollar terms, Middlesex County has the highest annual property taxes of any county in MassachuCounty has the highest annual property taxes of any county in Massachucounty in Massachusetts.

That means that, while property tax rates in Fresno County are similar to those in the rest of the state, property taxes paid in dollar terms are far lower.

As the League of Women Voters in one county said, «It's just folks out making a living and they add necessary dollars to the tax base.»

If a child is placed by a public state or county adoption agency, financed by tax dollars, fees will be minimal or there may be no fee at all.

(The Dixmoor Park District was disbanded two years ago, but only on the orders of a Cook County judge after allegations of stolen tax dollars and other improprieties.)

That's seven years of music cred, seven years of tourism dollars - and seven years that the mother of all music festivals hasn't paid city, county or state taxes.

Since announcing her run for Congress, Maggie Brooks has been saddled with an ongoing corruption investigation that includes questions regarding Brooks» husband and the possible misuse of $ 224 million dollars in taxpayer money, and has been dogged by her unwillingness to address the issues, ineffective leadership, and her record of increasing County taxes, fees and debt.

Of course upstate gets about $ 6 billion dollars more then it pays in taxes from the rest of the state, primarily NYC and surrounding counties.

Thousands of Nassau property owners who had not challenged their assessments since County Executive Edward Mangano overhauled the process in 2010 filed appeals this year, raising the prospect of millions of dollars in savings for them and an even larger shift in tax burden from those who appeal to those who don't.

GlobalFoundries, which has racked up Empire Zone tax benefits estimated at up to $ 586 million (in addition to a $ 665 million cash grant from the state and other perks) built a multibillion - dollar chip fab in Saratoga County that now employs more than 3,000 people.

Reynolds added that he realizes there is a serious opioid addiction problem in Broome County, «but having an honest and open discussion over how best to dispense public tax dollars to combat that problem should always be an accepted practice.»

Collins said Saturday that the state - required Medicaid share for Erie County is $ 203 million dollars or about one thousand dollars per homeowner in property taxes.

The three nuclear reactors in Oswego County provide more than 1,500 high - paying jobs, millions of dollars in property tax payments, and hundreds of millions of dollars in annual economic activity.

New York's multi-billion dollar Medicaid program is paid for by state, county and federal taxes.

According to Bruce Fisher, formerly the Deputy Erie County Executive and now the Director of Economic and Policy Studies at Buffalo State, Erie County takes in over one billion dollars more in state revenue and transfer payments than it pays in taxes to New York State.

• When measured in absolute dollars paid, Westchester, Nassau, and Rockland are respectively the first, second and fifth highest - taxed counties in the nation

In absolute dollars, Nassau County residents pay the highest property taxes in the country.

This misuse of tax dollars hurts everyone by reducing funds for county services like sheriff's road patrols, street repairs, libraries, parks and more.

Each year, Erie County invests over $ 30 million in tax dollars for public works construction projects across the cCounty invests over $ 30 million in tax dollars for public works construction projects across the countycounty.

In addition, cost avoidance, a state - standardized measure of tax dollars saved which is used by all counties throughout New York State, exceeded $ 16 million in 2014.

Last year, Tompkins County homeowners saved $ 659 in taxes per household due to Tompkins County generated tourism dollars.

Poloncarz announced that the Proposed Budget cuts the county Property Tax Rate by one cent, which will drop that rate to $ 4.94 per thousand dollars of assessed value from the current rate of $ 4.95.

County Executive Steve Bellone said the tax bill would be a catastrophic multibillion - dollar tax increase for Long Islanders, driving down property values, and resulting in residents fleeing the region.

«It's long past time for Rob Astorino to release his schedule as county executive so that the taxpayers of Westchester know who he's been meeting with and when... particularly since they're paying for these meetings with their tax dollars,» said the group's spokesman, Mike Morey.

The Erie County Legislature Majority Caucus have submitted a resolution opposing Cuomo's proposal to use tax dollars to fund college educations for prison inmates.

Local mayors and county executives across the state, including Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings, say they back the amendment because host communities will receive millions of dollars in revenue from the gambling centers for tax relief.

Literally, the highest property tax in the country is in Westchester County in absolute dollars.

What I don't want to see is the County Executive budgeting your tax dollars to add more patronage jobs or spending frivolously on his personal agenda.

But, Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney says every single dollar Onondaga County receives from property taxes goes to the state, due to a series of programs for which counties are required to pay the state.

Drapkin said the county needs to «spend precious tax dollars wisely, fix its finances — and the next county executive must... find common ground in the county's multi-cultured community.»

Mahoney believes more visitors for a longer time means more sales tax dollars, which account for about two - thirds of the revenue in the Onondaga County budget.

During my career, I have secured over 20 million dollars in grants, maintained the lowest Town and sewer tax in Rockland County.

It could allow Erie County to return a thousand dollars to every property owner by reducing the county taxCounty to return a thousand dollars to every property owner by reducing the county taxcounty tax levy.

«Downstate, in absolute dollars, you have the highest taxed counties in the United States,» the governor said.

One potential recommendation for saving substantial tax dollars could be the creation of a county - wide municipal government.

Sales tax breaks amount to $ 3 million, but in its first five years, the hotel portion of the project will create $ 1.6 million in new, county bed tax dollars.

Medicaid alone accounts for nearly every dollar — or 98 percent — of property tax collected in Erie County annually.

«Through hard work and innovation, I have returned over 30 million dollars to county tax payers - a record surplus - to help keep property taxes stable.»