Hotels

The Onondaga County District Attorney's office is ready to file criminal charges against 15 delinquent owners and their accountants. The taxes are due upon collection from hotel visitors.

Ryan McMahon hopes to attract bids to build at least a 200-room hotel on a parking lot next door to the Everson Museum. And, he hopes to establish a grant program to incentivize other devleopment.

An audit of Onondaga County Room Occupancy tax shows hotels and motels owe the county more than $420,000 in underreported revenue and uncollected penalties and interest.

Kathy Hochul is pushing half a billion dollars in grants to support fully vaccinated foreign tourists traveling to New York.