Oneida County's sales tax will remain at 8.75%.

The county will ask New York State to keep the tax rate where.

The law put in place to enact the sales tax sunsets every two years.

An amdendment introduced at today's Board of Legislators meeting by Legislator David Gordon of New Hartford to lower the tax rate to 8.5% was defeated.by a vote of 26-to-3.

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