ALBANY — State elected officials have rejected a proposed income tax on people who travel into the city of Albany to work.
The city does not have the power to enact a commuter tax on its own and would need authorization from the Legislature and governor to do so. A bill in the Common Council calls on state legislators to pass — and Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign — a bill allowing it to introduce the proposed levy.
State lawmakers do not seem likely to oblige them…