They’re full speed ahead – into New Yorkers’ wallets.
Final details on a big business-bashing payroll tax to fund the MTA’s ambitious capital plan were revealed Thursday as lawmakers voted on the behemoth $254 billion state budget.
The nitty-gritty budget bills also revealed a new way for the MTA to generate much needed cash: speed cameras targeting lead-footed bridge-and-tunnel drivers.
Raising taxes to “feed the bottomless pit at the MTA” undercut Gov. Kathy Hochul’s argument that the much-delayed budget is an affordability win for New Yorkers, state Sen. James Skoufis (D-Orange) said…