Suffolk's raked in $3.8M in new sales tax to help fund sewer projects, Romaine says
Suffolk County has collected $3.8 million earmarked for a new fund to pay for countywide wastewater improvement projects since a sales tax hike took effect March 1, according to County Executive Edward P. Romaine.
The total generated through an eighth of a percentage point increase in sales tax, approved by voters in November, will help fund projects that officials say will improve water quality and drive economic growth.
“We’re depending on that because state and federal funding has not come through,” Romaine said Tuesday at an unrelated news conference.