Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) will join Assemblyman Michael Cusick and others in the Assembly to stop the NYC Council�s five-cent bag tax slated to go into effect February 15.
�It is a great honor to co-sponsor legislation with Assemblyman Cusick to stop the bag tax,� Hikind said. �This is just another burden on hard-working taxpayers, and we cannot allow New Yorkers to be nickeled and dimed.�
Hikind and others in the Assembly are set to propose a moratorium, which will postpone NYC Council�s plastic bag tax bill for another year. The moratorium will allow lawmakers to review the legislation further.
�Grocery shopping, in New York City, can be extremely hectic, and this tax will add to the chaos,� Hikind said. �As consumers, we will now have to worry about having our reusable bags handy every time we go to the supermarkets. What about the elderly and low-income New Yorkers, who live on fixed incomes? What about the thousands of larger households in the Jewish community? How will they be affected?�
Added Hikind: �Hopefully Governor Cuomo will sign the Assembly�s legislation to stop the madness, and suspend this ridiculous tax from going into effect.�
(YWN Desk – NYC)
