“Policy makers should be cautious about new recurring spending commitments for the balance of 2024 and as they consider the 2025 budget especially given the delays in journal entry recording and the closing of the 2023 books,” said Ulster County Comptroller March Gallagher.
Ulster County continues to see job growth having added 1,500 jobs for the twelve months ending March 2024. The top job generating sector continued to be Leisure & Hospitality with the addition of 600 over the prior twelve months. Home sale prices from March 2019 through March 2024 increased 86% to a median home sale price of $406,000.
