Albany County sales tax is on the upswing, but lagging behind much of the Capital Region in what has been a banner year for sales tax statewide.

The Albany County Legislature has approved a $2.4 million tax increase, raising the county's hotel tax from 6% to 6.5% over a three-year period.

The Albany County Legislature this week approved a hotel occupancy tax hike, along party lines. With all members of the Democratic majority voting in favor and Republicans against it, the county's ...

ALBANY — Democrats in the Albany County Legislature backed an increase Monday night in the hotel occupancy tax, a move Republican lawmakers said no one in their party supported. The majority ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Albany County Legislature passed a proposal to raise the county’s hotel occupancy tax, or Local Law J.

However, the 11.5% industrial tax on the wind turbine farms in Albany County has offset more than $7 million, leaving $2.2 million remaining.