What to know about the new Suffolk County tax aimed at funding water quality projects
Suffolk County voters gave a boost to water quality improvement by approving an eighth-of-a-percent sales tax increase poised to inject millions of dollars into a new fund for modernized sewers and septic tanks. Environmentalists and proponents of the fund say the projects will protect drinking water, and county officials estimate the fund could generate nearly $3 billion by 2060.
Here’s what to expect now that the proposal has passed...