New York State May Increase Taxes on Hotels | nytimes.com

If New York’s state budget passes, tourists could wind up paying more for hotels booked through third parties like Liberty Travel, Globus Tours and Travelocity. The current version of the state budget now winding its way through Albany includes a 20 percent increase in hotel occupancy taxes for travel intermediaries (meaning travel agencies, tour operators and online travel companies). If the legislation passes and the third parties pass this new cost on to their customers, that would mean higher prices for visitors to New York.