January sales tax collections up in Nassau, Suffolk
Long Islanders resumed spending in force last month after a sluggish holiday shopping season marred by superstorm Sandy, the Connecticut school shooting and the "fiscal cliff" debate in Washington.
Sales tax collections soared year over year in January. They were up 9 percent in Nassau County and 5 percent in Suffolk County, the state Taxation and Finance Department said Wednesday.
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Long Islanders resumed spending in force last month after a sluggish holiday shopping season marred by superstorm Sandy, the Connecticut school shooting and the "fiscal cliff" debate in Washington.
Sales tax collections soared year over year in January. They were up 9 percent in Nassau County and 5 percent in Suffolk County, the state Taxation and Finance Department said Wednesday.
January's gains followed year-over-year drops in December.
Those declines, economists said, reflected the Island's slow recovery from Sandy, which hit on Oct. 29.