SALES-TAX EXTENSION TO ADD $45-MILLION TO COUNTY COFFERS THIS YEAR by Ken Mahoney

SALES-TAX EXTENSION TO ADD $45-MILLION TO COUNTY COFFERS THIS YEAR by Ken Mahoney

Life goes on in the counties now that the State Senate stalemate is over. Among the scores of bills passed in the aftermath was legislation allowing counties to continue collecting sales tax. Rockland County Executive Scott Vanderhoef says that will amount to some $45-million Rockland can count toward the 2010 budget. Across the river, police in Yonkers are happy the senate impasse is over. The sales-tax extension means Yonkers won’t run out of funds in the next week or so, as had been feared – and the police won’t have to work without pay.