The New York state Legislature last week approved a bill that would allow Greenburgh and seven Westchester County villages to impose a 3 percent hotel tax, Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul J. Feiner announced.
Greenburgh as well as its villages of Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry, Elmsford, Hastings-on-Hudson, Irvington and Tarrytown, plus the village of Sleepy Hollow, were approved by the Legislature to impose the tax.
In a statement, Feiner estimated the tax could generate between $200,000 and $500,000 in revenue per year from the roughly 2,000 hotel rooms in Greenburgh. He said the town, which has been seeking a hotel tax since 2009, will use the revenue to reduce property tax bills and comply with the state tax cap. Westchester County’s current hotel room occupancy tax is 3 percent for those with at least four rentable units.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo must sign the legislation for it to go into effect.
The state Legislature previously authorized a local hotel tax for the cities of New Rochelle, White Plains and Rye and the village of Rye Brook.
