Legislature vote doesn’t end debate over plastic bag fee
The state Legislature has voted, but the debate is still raging in Brooklyn over a controversial city law that would force retail stores to charge five cents for each plastic bag a shopper uses.
The city’s law was slated to go into effect on Feb. 15, but on Tuesday, the state Assembly voted to force the de Blasio administration to delay implementation by at least a year.
The state Senate had taken a similar vote a day earlier.