Local government sales tax collections in New York state totaled $18.2 billion between January and September, an increase of 4.3% compared to the same period last year, according to a quarterly report released Thursday by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

DiNapoli said growth so far this year is higher than the 3.8% average growth rate seen from the same nine-month period between the years of 2010 to 2019, a period of recovery and expansion following the Great Recession.

According to the report, New York City’s sales tax collections totaled $8.1 billion, an increase of 5.7% year over year. Outside of the city, regional growth ranged from a low of 0.6%, in the Mohawk Valley, to a high of 4.3%, in Western New York.

Hamilton County, with 12%, saw the highest growth, followed by the countie

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