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New York’s local sales-tax collections rise 12% in July

ALBANY, N.Y. — Local sales-tax collections in New York state jumped 11.9 percent in July compared to the same month in 2021.  That’s according to an analysis that New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli issued on Aug. 16. Overall, local sales-tax collections in the state totaled $1.8 billion, up $188 million compared to July of

North Point Defense awarded nearly $9.5 million contract from U.S. Air Force

ROME, N.Y. — North Point Defense, Inc. of Rome has been awarded a $9.46 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for the Phantom Harvest Software prototype. This cost-plus-fixed-fee completion contract provides for the development of an automated method for discovering actionable information within a large volume of network traffic, according to an Aug. 19

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New York milk producer prices up nearly 43 percent versus a year ago

Milk prices at the producer level in New York state remained elevated in the latest month for which data is available amid continued inflationary pressures. New York dairy farms in May were paid an average of $27.10 per hundredweight of milk, unchanged from April but up almost 43 percent from the $19 average in May 2021.

Empire Center names three policy fellows

ALBANY, N.Y. — The Empire Center recently announced it is expanding its research operations with the addition of three research fellows. Ken Girardin has been named the fellow for labor policy. He helped to produce the first independent analysis of New York’s property tax cap, which demonstrated the cap’s effectiveness and boosted efforts to extend

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