State Senate Passes Felder’s Bag Tax Ban
from the NY Daily News:
The GOP-controlled State Senate moved Tuesday to block the city from imposing a 5-cent fee on plastic and paper shopping bags. Senators voted 42-18 in favor of a measure sponsored by Sen. Simcha Felder (D-Brooklyn) that prohibits the city from charging taxes or fees on any carry-out merchandise bags.
The measure now heads to the Democrat-controlled Assembly, where it faces an uncertain fate.
“Mayor de Blasio’s bag tax would place an undue financial burden on low- and middle-income New Yorkers who already struggle to pay their bills,” Felder said.
let's be careful not harmful
Wow. Mamosh a milkhomoh!
People called me a “rich snob” who I am not. I just thing it’s a basic menchlehkait not to pollute the ENV. So when Moshiach Tzaidkeinu takes us to Eretz we are in good habit.
1 positive comment – It doesn’t cost anything to take your old bags along with you next time and reuse them!
Little old lady living alone.
Yay. Thanks Simcha.
I use tbose shopping bags as ” free” garbage bags. Without them I would have to buy garbage bags… And then I would be paying for plastic bags no matter what.
Regards from the Holy Land
This rule was implemented here, so far all are surviving B”H. Bags can be re-used, just untie carefully and save. We discard ones that held milchigs and fleishigs to avoid kashrus mishaps.