Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) today called the Mayor�s plan to collect a six-cent surcharge for plastic bags "outrageous,? saying this is "the wrong place and the wrong time? for this initiative.
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"Bloomberg is essentially saying, ?Look, we can possibly generate $16 million with this scheme, so the public be damned,�? said an incensed Hikind. Wall Street�s meltdown has already cost New York State 160,000 jobs, and the Mayor just yanked the $400 City property tax rebate out from under struggling homeowners.
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"While Bloomberg is busy seeing green, New Yorkers, especially in my district, are seeing red.? Hikind said. "How does the Mayor expect New Yorkers to have any cash to spare when people are already overtaxed and overburdened??
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The Mayor�s proposal, which requires the approval of the City Council before it becomes law, will charge shoppers a six-cent fee for every plastic bag used at all checkout registers. Five of the six cents will be directed to City coffers, while one cent goes to the merchants as payment for complying with the measure. Current estimates put New Yorkers� plastic bag usage at one billion bags per year. The City plans to implement the fee by next summer.
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Hikind argued, "The Mayor can call his plan whatever he wants, but at the end of the day, it�s nothing more than a tax, tax, tax. This matter should be brought before the State legislature for consideration. I am confident that given the opportunity, my colleagues and I will have the good sense to defeat this proposal.?
(Eli Gefen - YWN Queens Ops' Desk)
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/article.php?p=25716
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