Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday signed into law a bill that allows Syracuse to charge a new lodging tax to visitors who stay in hotels or motels in the city.
The 2% room occupancy tax in Syracuse will be in addition to the 7% hotel and motel tax charged by Onondaga County.
State lawmakers passed a bill authorizing the tax earlier this year at the request of Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh and the Syracuse Common Council, which voted 8-0 in support of the law.
Walsh has said the tax would generate an estimated $1.5 million to $1.75 million a year in new revenue for Syracuse.
The extra tax money is part of a larger plan to help address a lingering budget gap, Walsh said. The city has dipped into reserve funds and used money from the federal American…
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