Sentences with phrase «bag tax»

Albany is looking to undo the 5 - cent plastic bag tax passed by the NYC Council last month after years of debate.

The Democratic - led Assembly approved a one - year delay in enacting a 5 - cent bag tax in New York City and the measure now goes to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is yet to take a public position on the issue.

Increase the new bag tax to 25 cents?

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Democratic - majority Assembly approved a one - year delay in enacting a 5 - cent bag tax in New York City and the measure now goes to Gov. Andrew Cuomo for his signature.

«If allowed to go forward, this onerous bag tax would have hurt low - and middle - income residents the most, making it even more difficult to make ends meet in what is already the most expensive city in the world,» Flanagan said

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From the country that brought us the plastic shopping bag tax comes (belatedly) more good news.

«I want to thank Governor Cuomo for doing the right thing and signing our common - sense, bipartisan bill to stop the implementation of the New York City bag tax,» Flanagan said in the statement.

Supporters of so - called bag taxes say the measures lessen the impact of plastic bags on the environment.

Bag tax sponsor Councilman Brad Lander said he hoped Cuomo would find a way to compromise on the issue and prevent a delay.

We said we'd stop the regressive bag tax.

«The plastic bag tax does not make sense for low - income communities, it doesn't make sense for seniors.

Her work has included a leadership role in the passage of the DC Bag Tax Bill, and assistance on other bag bans and bills.

More Plastic Bag Bans • Shopping Bag Tax for San Francisco?

The plastic bag tax enacted in Washington DC has had impressive results as well, sparing millions of bags a month from the dumps.

«If allowed to go forward, this onerous bag tax would have hurt low - and middle - income residents the most, making it even more difficult to make ends meet in what is already the most expensive city in the world,» Flanagan said in his statement.

So NY needs a special 5 cents bag tax?

Senate Democrats are pushing for a new bag tax that will make your next trip to the grocery store cost more.

10 Current Events 224 AMERICAN WINE TRAIL -RCB- SPECIAL SECTION Legislature around the world considers banning retailers from issuing plastic bags or enacting a bag tax to encourage recycling.

At 10 a.m., Sens. Simcha Felder, Marty Golden, Andrew Lanza, Roxanne Persaud, and Diane Savino, and Assemblymen Michael Cusick and Dov Hikind initiate a «Stop the Bag Tax Petition» to prevent NYC from charging taxes or other fees for plastic and paper carryout bags, Market, 60th Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway, Brooklyn.

The topic is the bag tax Curley, why do you like to switch topics?

I'm asking New Yorkers to stand up and tell the Mayor that this bag tax has to go.»

Much of his time was taken up by defending the city's soon - to - be-implemented plastic bag tax.

There's a hope to find a cure with cancer, littering is an age old problem that's not going away anytime soon and it won't go away with the bag tax.

And what's up with the bag tax?

It won't solve NYC's litter problem, that runs much deeper than the plastic bag tax.

Only you have an expensive solution (to litter / garbage) that solves nothing (there will still be plenty of litter / garbage after the bag tax).

The senator said his priorities for the coming session include permanently killing the so - called «bag tax» in New York City and fighting for additional mental health and special education funding across the city and state.

If approved, this level of local control would fly in the face of actions taken this session by the legislature, which stripped New York City of the ability to impose a bag tax.

> Yesterday: ToryDiary - A plastic bag tax would hit the poor and small shops but wouldn't help the environment

The Daily News calls on Cuomo to «stare down» a veto override threat by the Legislature and kill the bill that delayed the bag tax.

«The bag tax has to go,» said Mr. Felder, striking a populist tone.

On the other side was the State Legislature, which had framed the bag tax as a bad solution, most likely to end up as a regressive tax on poor consumers for whom the convenience of plastic was a plus and everyday practicality.

That's a significant increase in wordiness for Felder, who said only one word in two of his three previous years in the Legislature, but had a jump in 2016 due to his lengthy defense of a bill that would have blocked New York City from implementing a plastic bag tax.

Republicans note that Felder has won legislative victories while conferencing with the GOP, including nonpublic education spending and the demise of the New York City plastic bag tax.

Viverito's backing of the «bag tax» Thursday...

Where will the bag tax money go?

Why do Sen. Democrats want our grocery bills to do up with their Bag tax proposal?

Almost immediately after the Senate vote to block the bag tax, NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito said she would amend the language in the new law so that it will take effect in February instead of October, as originally planned.

As with the bag tax the Democrats are so hopeful to pass, this has NOTHING to do with protecting the environment and all to do with raising revenue for the state.

In approving a bill to put a moratorium on NYC's bag tax, Cuomo joined a group of Republican governors — Arizona's Doug Ducey, Idaho's Butch Otter, Wisconsin's Scott Walker, Vice President and former Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, to name a few — who have approved bans on, well, bag bans.

«They're saying that New York is already unaffordable, and all the bag tax passed by Mayor de Blasio and the City Council does is make things worse.

In the video released this weekend by his office, constituents are asked their opinions of the bag tax and, not surprisingly, they feel like they are taxed enough in New York.

I hear Crooks and Liars is having an expose on the greatness of Obamacare, the evils of charter schools and the benefits of a bag tax (and I'm not talking about MaryJane).

Questions ranged from what qualifies Dietl to be mayor, to his views on the closing of Rikers Island, whether he would fire the NYPD officer who's arrest of Eric Garner resulted in his death, his efforts at getting a Wilson - Pakula, whether he supports a plastic bag tax, whether he would «tax the rich to fund senior housing,» whether he supports the City subsidizing MTA fares for low income New Yorkers and his reaction to anti-semitic comments by a Manhattan City Council candidate.

The earliest the City Council could act to modify, re-authorize or repeal the bag tax is Jan. 1, 2018, after this November's election.

I'm totally against the bag tax,» he told the Observer, suggesting the two bodies launch a joint reusable bag giveaway instead of instituting a fee.

4 pm ToryDiary: «This proposal for a plastic bags tax is a cynical, gimmicky piece of green wash.»