[Beave Meister]

Why are they only taxing New Yorkers $11.50 to enter New York City, below 60th Street in Manhattan. That appears far too little for a New York Democrat. They should tax them no less than $50.00 a pop every time you enter and leave. No matter how much they plan to make off of this tax it won't be nearly enough to cover their short fall.

[Macoozie]

But this an Ambulance Officer!
Here’s my badge, I’m undercover.
I work for the Mayor.
Etc etc etc
Only the little people will pay.
Until they pass a special Statewide levy.
It’s Demon-rats running things ya know.

[vette6387]

“No matter how much they plan to make off of this tax it won’t be nearly enough to cover their short fall.”

And the real kicker here is that the poor liberal schmucks who live in Manhattan will end up paying this tab, because as far as I know trucking companies and taxi cabs are not “philanthropic” businesses! And all their “betters” who run everything in Manhattan and “helicopter in” From Long Island to the roof tops of their various buildings won’t pay a dime!

[nascarnation]

I was visiting Manhattan last fall when the UN was in session and there were hundreds of “world leaders” there.

Traffic was gridlocked beyond imagination. I wonder if some of them are still stuck.

[Billthedrill]

...sources tell CBS2 drivers in cars will pay around $11.50 and truck drivers will pay about $25.

Truck drivers won't pay anything. Their customers will.

[babble-on]

Should charge $5,000 a year for on-street parking as well. Getting the private automobile out of NYC would make the city so much better for the 95% of the people who live there without owning one.

[mewzilla]

The plastic bag ban is a cash grab. Stores will be charging 5 cents for each paper bag. State will get 3 cents. County will get 2 cents. I won’t reuse the so-called reusable. I’ll buy paper bags online and bring my own, them recycle the paper bags. It’ll cost less than buying them from the stores, and the state won’t get more of my money.

[Popman]

I wonder if when doing their revenue calculations they figured how much would be lost when taxes increased?

[tflabo]

The Beast has a voraciou$ appetite that can’t or won’t be $ati$fied as long as DemonRats rule.

[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.

[SkyDancer]

People should read what FDR did during the Depression to depress buying and spending - NY is following right in step.

[Bob434]

NY is taxing many many things these days- highway robbery- gonna tax pot- gonna ban plastic bags and charge people 5 cents per paper bag- taxing second homes with luxury tax- massive taxes on ciggs- heard they are like $10 a pack there- they wanna regulate eciggs and tax those higher- heard they are trying to tax people’s driveways because of water run off going into sewers-

On and On and On it goes- it just never stops in liberal states-

[Major Matt Mason]

Lawmakers say the money will be spent to fix the MTA.

Yeah, sure it will. Just like our tax dollars and tolls are used to fix the roads in this state (spoiler - roads are falling apart).

[Larry Lucido]

“Lawmakers say the money will be spent to fix the MTA”

Wait! They can use the Amazon tax breaks to fix the MTA now!

[Larry Lucido]

60th Street is below the Bronx, right? Otherwise, you know who would need a raise. But otherwise, yeah, it’s all good. Twelve years to live and all.

[Larry Lucido]

The deal includes congestion pricing, a controversial plan to charge drivers below 60th Street in Manhattan.

So the street itself is the boundary, right? If you're going west, just don't turn left, and if you're going east, don't turn right, correct?

[llevrok]

The best way to fit the Manhattan congestion problem is just dont go there.

[eXe]

Wow makes me sad for what used to be NYC, glad I got out of there to a free state in the late 90s. Its nothing more than a tax slavery state now.

[1_Rain_Drop]

"A panel of experts will set the surcharges by the end of 2020, but sources tell CBS2 drivers in cars will pay around $11.50 and truck drivers will pay about $25. Possible discounts for some are still being worked out. "

Does anyone know? If I pay the toll on GWB, lincoln or Holland tunnel, do I still have to pay the $11.50?

[fruser1]

There’s a discount for those living in the area. They apply online.

I never understood how that stood up under the “full faith and credit” clause.

[trebb]

Wonder how much all them new in and out of the city toll booths will cost...better charge pedestrians too...