Just say no to another secret tax hike to bail out the eternally cash-strapped MTA

Here we go again: Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers are secretly moving to ratchet up taxes once more, hitting large companies in and around the city via the “payroll mobility tax.”

The goal: to raise $2 billion for the MTA money pit as part of this year’s budget.

Yet much of the tax will come from the pockets of average New Yorkers, with companies — those that don’t flee, anyway — raising prices and holding down workers’ wages to cover the new costs…

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