Sentences with phrase «nickel fee bill»

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The former state lawmaker plans to create a second committee — Nickel PAC — that he said will contribute directly to candidates who pledge to support a City Council speaker next year who vowed to bring the bag fee bill up for a new vote.

The city was ready to start imposing a nickel bag fee on shoppers as of Oct. 1, with the money kept by merchants, until lawmakers in the state Senate rebelled and passed a bill blocking the move.

Councilman Steve Matteo (R - Staten Island), who voted against the bill passing through the Sanitation Committee, called the fee a «tax» that «nickels and dimes» New Yorkers — to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

The nickel fees go to the retailers, something County Executive Steve Bellone had sought to change when the bill was being considered.

Shift your billable hour model to flat - fee billing or a membership model so clients don't feel «nickel and dimed» or penalized every time they contact the firm.