New York State's money: where it comes from and where it goes

• Other selective sales taxes$8.06 billion
• Other taxes not classified elsewhere$2.61 billion
• Insurance premium taxes$2.49 billion
• Estate and gift taxes$1.86 billion
• Motor fuel taxes$1.60 billion
• Motor vehicle licenses$1.42 billion
• Real estate and stock transfer taxes$1.32 billion
• Tobacco taxes$837 million
• Public utility taxes$781 million
• Alcoholic beverage taxes$276 million
• Driver's licenses$179 million
• Amusement taxes$163 million
• Occupation and business licenses$149 million
• Alcoholic beverage licenses$80.7 million
• Hunting and fishing licenses$57.3 million
• Corporation licenses$46.2 million
• Public utility licenses$46.0 million
• Other licenses$1.8 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

• Hospital bills$8.13 billion
• Electric power$6.73 billion
• College tuition$3.04 billion
• Other service charges$1.93 billion
• Transit fares$1.76 billion
• Tolls on roads and bridges$1.03 billion
• University housing and dining$691 million
• Parks and recreation$357 million
• Airport$72.5 million
• Parks, land and natural resources$72.3 million
• Other education charges$43.4 million
• Road charges$12.2 million
• Ports and waterways$11.8 million
• Housing$1.8 million
• Garbage collection$61 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

• Other public welfare$97.3 billion
• Unemployment and social insurance offices$258 million
• Welfare institutions$108 million
• Veterans' services$8.5 million

• Sent to school districts$24.1 billion
• Sent to local governments: elementary and secondary schools$21.2 billion
• Sent to local governments: other public welfare$15.3 billion
• Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$8.93 billion
• Sent to local governments: public health$8.74 billion
• Sent to local governments: housing and community development$4.04 billion
• Sent to local governments: roads and highways$2.55 billion
• Sent to local governments: general support$1.27 billion
• Sent to local governments: other education$1.00 billion
• Sent to local governments: sewer systems$616 million
• Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$608 million
• Sent to local governments: colleges and universities$420 million
• Sent to local governments: police$321 million
• Sent to local governments: finance, tax collection and budgeting$280 million
• Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$157 million
• Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$132 million
• Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$122 million
• Sent to local governments: prisons and jails$80.4 million
• Sent to local governments: libraries$49.5 million
• Sent to local governments: garbage and solid waste$21.1 million
• Sent to local governments: probation, parole and other corrections$17.9 million
• Sent to local governments: airports$9.4 million
• Sent to local governments: hospitals$8.2 million
• Sent to local governments: other government administration$4.2 million

• Other and not broken out$12.6 billion
• Finance, tax collection and budgeting$4.24 billion
• Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$339 million
• Other government administration$247 million
• Government buildings$201 million
• Other government-run businesses$6 thousand

• Colleges and universities$12.1 billion
• Scholarships and other education subsidies$1.86 billion
• College housing, dining and bookstores$1.01 billion
• Other education$113 million
• Elementary and secondary schools$992 thousand

• Hospitals$8.73 billion
• Public health$4.06 billion

• Public transit$5.81 billion
• Roads and highways$4.37 billion
• Toll roads and bridges$1.36 billion
• Airports$204 million
• Ports and harbors$14.6 million

• Courts and legal services$3.37 billion
• Prisons and jails$3.03 billion
• Police$1.10 billion
• Inspections and regulation$199 million
• Probation, parole and other corrections$196 million

• Electric power$6.51 billion
• Water supply$51.6 million
• Garbage and solid waste$29.6 million
• Sewer systems$4.0 million

• Interest on general debt$3.59 billion
• Interest on public transit debt$1.14 billion
• Interest on electric power debt$571 million

• Parks and recreation$881 million
• Libraries$3.1 million

• Natural resources, farming and conservation$617 million