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Home > Leadership > Mayor > Public Statements/ Speeches > Mayor Brown Sales Tax County Legislature Vote Statement

Mayor Brown Sales Tax County Legislature Vote Statement


PUBLIC STATEMENT
MAYOR BYRON BROWN
FEBRUARY 2, 2006

After 21 years, the cities, towns and villages of Erie County can look forward to a source of sales tax revenue they deserve.  The County Legislature today has taken an important first step toward achieving a fairer sharing of the extra one percent sales tax.

Yesterday, the members of the Association of Erie County Governments voted overwhelmingly in support of state legislation that would have provided a greater amount of sales tax revenue to the county's cities, towns and villages, so today's act of the County Legislature, while not at that same level of revenue, establishes an important opening to a process long denied.

Thanks to the key support and leadership of Assembly Majority Paul Tokasz, and Assemblymembers Sam Hoyt, Crystal Peoples and Mark Schroeder, I look forward to working with the state Assembly and Senator Dale Volker and the state Senate in passing state legislation that will achieve this goal, which will finally help achieve more fairness and greater regional stabilization.