Cuomo Signs Bill Blocking Bag Tax

from VIN News:

State lawmakers overruled New York City’s mayor and city council by blocking a fee on non-reusable shopping bags in the city just hours before it was set to take effect.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday signed a proposal to postpone the bag fee, which would have instructed store owners to charge least a nickel for single-use shopping bags beginning Wednesday.

Cuomo’s action cements overwhelming votes by both the Assembly and the Senate last week to prohibit the council from placing fees on disposable shopping bags until at least 2018.

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One Comment

  • Truth

    Cuomo did this just to make himself look good. The Commie Socialist Blasio came up with this dumb idea.
    We should all thank Simcha Felder who faught hard to reverse this ridiculous tax on peaole like up.
    Thank You Simcha and much more success in the future. (maybe Congerss or Senate)