Suffolk OKs $3.2M tax increase to help fund MTA
Suffolk legislators Thursday overwhelmingly approved a $3.2-million tax increase to account for the county's share of the 12-county payroll tax to fund the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
On a 13-2 vote, with three lawmakers absent, the legislature also authorized a separate line on county property tax bills to make clear to taxpayers the payroll tax is a state mandate to fund the...
