[mass55th]

Also banning plastic bags at grocery stores starting next March, and giving cities the right to impose a 5 cent cost for paper bags. The provision also allows cities and counties to opt-in to a 5-cent fee for paper bags. With the revenue the State collects from the bags, they'll subsidize reusable bags for low-income customers, along with the State’s Environmental Protection Fund. I'll be using canvas grocery bags, or bring my own plastic bags to the store to load up. I live in NY State, and refuse to pay for paper bags.

When they had the escape at Dannemora Prison in Clinton, NY, Cuomo ordered staff to carry their lunch and other items in see-through plastic bags provided by the State. If the bag ripped, or was damaged in any way, the State charges staff $9 for a new bag. Makes me glad I retired back in 2003. NY's State Prisons were nothing but day care centers back then, and I worked while Daddy Cuomo was Governor. Can't imagine what goes on in them now. Plus, in this recent budget, Cuomo's planning on closing two more prisons in the State. He wanted to close three, but the Democrat-controlled legislature gave him two.

[mewzilla]

The provision also allows cities and counties to opt-in to a 5-cent fee for paper bags.

Oh, boy. THAT I hadn't heard. Definitely buying the bags online. Or buying my groceries in Pennsy.