New York Budget Includes Plastic Bag Ban, Mansion Tax, Manhattan Toll
- Spending plan includes plastic bag ban, mansion tax increase
- Plan is unfair to New Jersey drivers, Senator Menendez says
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New York lawmakers approved a budget that allows for tolls on cars entering midtown Manhattan, increases sales taxes on multimillion-dollar city homes and ushers in a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags.
They also capped local property tax increases outside New York City at 2 percent a year, ordered sweeping changes to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and scrapped cash bail requirements that jails thousands a year before trial. The budget, struck over the weekend by Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders, was passed by the Assembly on Monday morning following action in the Senate.