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Timeline For More Snow: Up to 8 Inches of Snow Forecast For Area
Up to 8 inches of snow could fall on the Hudson Valley during the morning commute.
Most of the Mid-Hudson Valley missed Sunday s snowstorm where 2 to 6 inches of snow was projected. Readers from the Lower Hudson Valley reported steady snow falling for hours, snow-covered roads and cars on its side on the New York State Thruway near the Palisades Mall.
More snow is expected to fall on the entire Hudson Valley Tuesday morning. In the midst of a very active wintry weather pattern, Mother Nature has the ability to throw curve balls and sneak up on you. Tuesday is very likely one of those times, Hudson Valley Weather wrote on Facebook.
Sales tax revenues in New York dropped by 10% in 2020 by Steve Bittenbender, The Center Square | February 03, 2021 04:00 PM Print this article
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a 10 percent decline in the Empire State s local sales tax collections, with New York City hardest hit. That’s according to a report released Tuesday by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
Statewide, cities and counties collected $16.5 billion, down from the $18.2 billion communities received in 2019. New York City’s collections created nearly the entire shortfall as its sales tax revenue went from $8.2 billion in 2019 to $6.7 billion last year. While the Big Apple saw an 18.7 percent dip, no other region’s shortfall exceeded 3 percent.
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Much of the WAMC listening area spent today digging out from Monday’s massive snowstorm. The Hudson Valley was among the areas with the greatest snowfall, and municipalities will be cleaning up for at least a few days.
Stephen DiRienzo is a National Weather Service meteorologist out of Albany.
“Well, the eastern Catskills had some big numbers; up in the mountains we saw some totals close to 2 feet,” DiRienzo says. “Also the Mid-Hudson Valley, again, probably in the 18-24-inch range there as well, and then over into the Litchfield Hills where up to 18 inches was reported.”
He says the eastern Catskill Mountains had some two feet as of mid-morning, and could add another 4-to-6 inches by tonight, taking them to the around 30-inch-mark. The Albany National Weather Service office covers as far south as portions of Dutchess County, and DiRienzo says Fishkill reported 25.6 inches and the same for Saugerties, in Ulster County. In the Berkshires, Stockbridge came in with 11