Suburban Democratic lawmakers want to derail Gov. Hochul’s controversial plan to boost the payroll tax on businesses to fund the beleaguered Metropolitan Transportation Authority – at least f…
off the tracks – at least for their own constituents.
“Given the existing value gap outside the city and the very fact that businesses in the city are the primary business beneficiaries of the system – riders take the MTA to get to work in New York City; riders generally do not take the MTA to get to work outside New York City – exempting non-New York City from the increase associated with this already-unjust tax is the appropriate response,” the letter reads.
Assemblyman Jonathan Jacobson , whose district is largely west of the Hudson River, said Hochul’s proposed tax increase hardly makes sense given that Dutchess, Orange, Rockland and Putnam counties have to share a single vote on the 23-member board. Even some New York City Democratic lawmakers said they prefer to impose higher taxes on the wealthy than raising the payroll levy.
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