NYS Sales Tax Collection Up in Tioga, down in Broome

Local sales tax collections in New York State totaled $4.8 billion in the third quarter of 2019, an increase of 6.3 percent over the third quarter of 2018. This growth was stronger than in either of the first two quarters of the year.

Broome Men Face Multiple Drug Possession Charges

Two Broome County residents are facing multiple charges after state police executed a warrant along the 2600 block of East Main Street in the town of Union. Taken into custody were 21-year-old Zachary Marshburn of Johnson City and 34-year-old Amber Bradbury of Endicott.

Local Property Tax Levies Rising in New York State

Local governments in New York levied a total of $36.6 billion in property taxes in 2019 – an increase of 2.4 percent over 2018, according to a report just released by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. Annual property tax levy increases have slowed significantly since 2005... Read More.

No One Injured in Bus Rollover on Snowy I-81 South

0n November 12 at approximately 1:36 a.m., officers of the Cortland County Sheriff’s Office responded to Interstate 81 South, a quarter mile south of Exit 13 in the Town of Preble, for a motor vehicle crash involving a transport travel bus that was headed... Read More.