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NYDN: Quinn: Paterson Mobility Tax Proposal 'Outrageous' And 'Twisted' »

By Elizabeth Benjamin
February 9, 2010 2:59 PM

Council Speaker Christine Quinn today lambasted Gov. David Paterson's proposal to change the MTA payroll tax rate at the expense of city businesses.

Quinn unleashed a torrent of criticism on the change while chatting with DN City Hall Bureau Chief Adam Lisberg, calling it "outrageous, outrageous, outrageous, outrageous."

"It would be bad enough if they were just upping a tax they seem unable to get compliance on," the speaker said. "So we can't get them to comply - let's just make it bigger and see now if they'll comply?"

"Compliance is the problem," she continued. "Perhaps you need to go out and do some education on companies, on how to comply. But beyond that, it's bad enough for them that these taxes got raised, but you're actually going to raise New York City's businesses' taxes, and take all these other counties' down."

Why do we have to pay for absolutely everything in the state of New York? It's outrageous! It's outrageous! I mean, we're not a piggy bank! I mean, we're not an ATM machine for the state. We're willing to pay our fair share, and we do in greater amounts than our numerical, you know, whatever. But this is just above and beyond."

"And it's really - while we're at the same moment talking about eliminating MetroCards, cutting back on disabled Access-A-Rides, cutting back on bus lines and subway lines - at the same time, we're going to tell New York City workers who are getting less they're going to pay more. And they're going to pay more than other counties. It's just twisted."





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