When Senator Ricciardi sees a problem, she tries to fix it.
During her first term in 2021, Senator Ricciardi was the main sponsor of Senate Bill 99. It is now responsible for a 99% increase in revenue to towns based on population numbers.
When she was first elected she noticed that the state had broken its promise to return a certain percentage of the rooms and meals tax to the towns. This had been going on for two decades.
Cities and towns were supposed to receive 40% of the meals and rooms as revenue sharing for the purpose of property tax relief. Once Ricciardi saw this wasn’t being done, she made it her mission to fix it. The money is no longer in the general fund and will keep being returned to the cities and towns.
Some towns like Bedford received over $2M in revenues this year.
Here is a rundown of the towns in Senate District 9 and the revenue they received.
