Felder calls council’s plastic bag bill ‘absurd’
Says 10-cent fee tantamount to a tax
The City Council’s proposal to make New Yorkers pay a dime for every plastic and paper bag they get at the supermarket is absurd, a Brooklyn state senator charged this week.
State Sen. Simcha Felder was one of the first lawmakers to come out strongly against the council’s idea. He issued a statement on March 26, the same day the council initiative was announced.
“I was disheartened to learn that this absurd plastic bag tax legislation requiring consumers to pay 10 cents for paper and plastic bags at retail and grocery stores has once again reared its ugly head in the City Council. This legislation, should it become law, will place an undue financial burden on countless New Yorkers who are still reeling from MTA and toll increases, rising food costs, and soaring gasoline prices,” Felder said.