It looks like the bag bill is on hold.
The State Council is ready to vote tomorrow to postpone the implementation of at least five resolutions
Distribution of shopping bags used in five district stores.
A month after the state Senate voted to completely cancel the fee.
The bill, which is scheduled to come into effect on February 15, wants to reduce garbage and protect the environment.
Critics of the legislation argue that fees are a burden on the poor and middle class
New Yorkers are already struggling with the high cost of living.
But the supporters quoted it.
Reduce the long-term benefits of plastic bag use and point out the success of the project in Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington DCC.
Tomorrow\'s vote in Albany will be delayed by one year to clear the way for more public hearings.
What is your proof? You want your state councillor to approve at least five.
If this fee takes effect within nine days, the cost of cents for plastic and paper bags, will you pay or would you like other ways to take your groceries home? What compromise ideas do you have on ways to reduce plastic use and not require New Yorkers to pay more? Use plastic bags.
But I don\'t think charging is the right way forward either.
Smart minds should be able to reach a compromise that protects the environment and bottom line of our New Yorkers.
All I need to do is pay for paper and plastic bags.
It\'s an environmental issue and we all have to pay our fair share.
Maybe the city or state can give each voter a recycled canvas bag instead of those ugly stickers.
Andre used to live in apartment 415 and they don\'t remember charging a penny or a dime for each package.
You wouldn\'t believe that I would have a few pennies less in a cash-only place and had to take my goods loosely to my apartment like a professor on San Francisco Hill.
Now I live in New York, a very green city.
But I don\'t like this kind of tax, I \'ve dealt with it in San Francisco and don\'t want to deal with it here.
Sales tax in New York is 8. 475%!
Very, very high!
$1 tax for every $9.
I think the sales tax should be reduced and this needs to be canceled.
The higher the price is enough!
We pay all the New York bridge colored lights that are designed for music that is not even played (
Look up seriously)
That\'s what they did to my taxes.
Amanda from Williamsburg thanks for reading my email.
I think they should agree on laws that help reduce excessive consumption of plastic bags and protect the environment.
I grew up in France and since the beginning of 2000, the charge for each plastic bag is close to 50 cents.
People bought linen bags last year.
Only pay for last minute shopping.
Angela of Bronx plastics is not the way to go.
Shops should only use paper bags or recycle our shopping bags and they should postpone voting on plastic bags.
If these bags cause pollution to the environment, the manufacturer should tax them.
If manufacturers continue to produce contaminated items, they should be responsible for cleaning up the pollution.
It should not be passed on to the consumer.
Does audrey from Mount vernon want the \"big oil\" of these abandoned oil?
Our efforts to keep our trees and oceans blocked based on nightmares are the opposite
Intuitive and shortsighted. ÂAlbany -
Please approve the package fee.
Please encourage people to bring their own luggage.
Please promote reusable bags.
Who doesn\'t like a good handbag promotion!
Belle, uws, get the paper bag back. I hate plastic.
I usually get more plastic bags than products because they are too fragile.
For large families with cars, they can place cartons in the trunk after check-out, ready to fill in.
Or a plastic laundry basket.
Also, if you buy something, you can easily carry the reject bag with you.
Carol from the sun side of SI.
I haven\'t bought garbage bags for over 35 years and I use them for garbage as well.
Now I have to buy garbage bags which will cost me more money.
If they charge any fees, the money should be donated to the worker.
In fact, I know that supermarkets on 46 th Street and Queens Avenue have their workers working 12 hours shifts in violation of the law.
Carly, there is something more important about Sunnyside, and de Blasio can go to Albany instead of plastic bags.
Nonsense Charlene, Midwood I live in Midwood and I take 2013 Honda Pilots every week and drive past the shop ceremonies of Ave I and McDonald Ave.
I have a Honda car because it can reduce the consumption of gasoline and save more environment.
I have had a Lexus for many years, but I sold it for a greener pricefriendly car. NEXT-
I without undue turn off the lights.
As for the bag: If I buy a glass of Ben Jerry\'s ice cream pint and a quart of milk, they will have three packs! So that\'s $0.
I don\'t like this.
I think big companies like shop manners and fairways should be more eco-friendly
Friendly, I noticed that the whole food in Gowanus only uses paper bags.
I don\'t think it\'s fair, maybe someone should come up with a recycling plan similar to a can in which you turn every plastic bag into $0. 05 back!
I have a bunch of plastic bags in my basement that I reuse.
I have a plastic bag after 90 s and I am a huge environment monster.
But I don\'t think it\'s fair. ÂJohn-I MISSED YOU!
Congratulate your new angel! Run 4 mayor! ! :)
\"Corgi\" midwoodi fully supports the plastic bag fee and I would like it to be 10 cents.
I don\'t think the government should interfere with how the city handles our waste.
In response to Susan\'s problem, although the paper is easier to recycle and biodegradable, most of the paper will eventually be landfill and it will not break down properly during the landfill, increasing the cost.
The best way to make a change is to reduce it before recycling.
In addition, consumers have created a cost burden because we pay for food with embedded costs.
That\'s why separate charges are returned to the merchant who paid for the bag supply (
This in turn includes the cost of managing its waste).
Everyone has extra reusable bags at home, plus the city will give it free reusable bags, so there is no extra cost burden.
I can\'t wait for February 15.
I know people feel it\'s an extra charge they have to pay, but that\'s not the case.
We all paid for the bag (
Embedded costs in groceries as merchants build in cost environment/City cost)-
The cost is basically to separate this decision so that consumers can decide whether to use a bag or not, and over time more and more people will reuse their own shopping bags, this will bring collective benefits to our community.
Cheryl from Manhattan, this is another thing New York residents have to deal with when they are in New York.
This is the continuation of life, as with anything else, the price of items such as transportation, bridges and tunnels, luggage is rising. It\'s sad.
For more than 10 years koberi has been bringing reusable bags to the supermarket and everyone should do so.
There is no reason to use plastic bags.
I have no problem if I have to pay.
5 cents. we\'re not talking a lot of money here.
There is no reason to wait for a year, and Albany should be ashamed of himself.
I bought reusable bags that don\'t last long.
I use 5 to 10 times on average.
The average is 1. 99 to 4. 49.
Each reusable bag.
It made me pay more.
The food was leaking and the bags were not washable so I threw them away so I was still polluting the environment.
I was forced to pay anyway.
Doris, Lower East Side, I am very satisfied with the idea of charging plastic bags.
I just think there are too many 5 cents per bag.
I think 5 bags a penny is a more fair price.
Danny, I believe the cost of 5 cents because unfortunately most people wouldn\'t do anything if it didn\'t affect them directly.
What they didn\'t realize was that it was a major environmental issue that affected all of us!
I \'ve been carrying reusable canvas bags with me for about 15 years, and often shoppers and retailers look at me like aliens!
People need to wake up and smell the worsening planet! !
Stop complaining about taxes and fees and do our part to save our planet.
David on the Upper East Side
We are a small family with an average of 12 bags.
It\'s not just one or two in the pocket, and why double bags, because they\'re too thin, they break Doris, Lower East Side
Long-term profits of manufacturers replace long-term profits
Environmental impact, thus threatening future generations and lives on Earth, by the way, after introducing similar rules decades ago, other cities and countries did survive economically! ! ! ! ! ! ÂI AM SHOCKED! ! ! ! !
Erika plastic bags can be recycled.
Give us a break from being Nickel, dimed and micro-managed.
We are tired of it.
Francis in the East Village is enough to take the last coin we have to the last one. ÂNo fee -
This is a huge burden, especially for those with very limited financial resources.
My mother gets Social Security for $739 a month.
She could hardly afford food.
I helped her as much as I could and it seriously affected me
The most important thing now is-
Five cents here. it\'s just killing ordinary people.
Fees can also affect the sales of the store and they may not shop if some people do not have bags.
One more thing to do in the store --
This will raise the price further.
The 5 cent package rule is just to help the person who came up with it. ÂBesides -
Where did the money go? No one said.
If they want a better environment
Make laws that require degradation of bags, etc.
These 5 cents are here just to tear people off more things. ÂBah Humbug !
Esmerelda, East Village, New York, anyone living in the city saw a huge waste of plastic bags
They are double, triple, give a project, and so on.
Many people were finally blown away by the wind.
They are considered free \"disposable\", which allows people to add to a pile of non-biodegradable garbage blocking the Earth at will.
These are solutions that have proven effective in other cities.
This is New York!
We need to be leaders.
I support the plastic bag fee because I am used to it.
Some stores in NY & PA have been doing it for several years.
In addition to how hard it is to carry a plastic bag folded in your pocket with you, wallet or in the trunk of the car, anyone who wants to avoid the bag fee will find a smart way, jill, who came from Hotel 1 New York last week, Mr. Catsimatidis of Gristides mentioned yesterday that in his grocery store they recycled plastic bags.
Because many people use these bags to handle household garbage, it\'s not sure if they actually solve the problem with this bill.
I remember when the bag bill was suggested for the first time, a commenter came up with \"how do you handle household garbage by hand \".
With a bill like this, I will actually buy more bags to handle my home garbage.
Reusable bags are also not set up, mind you need to keep cleaning these bags to prevent bacteria.
John of Oakwood
The police should put on the body camera and the excellent person because of littering.
We should encourage the New York people to carry out a beautiful campaign to clean up the city\'s garbage. Re-
The bags available have already worked in other cities, why not NYCJohn? Here is another excuse for the government to get involved in everyone\'s business.
I think it\'s outrageous that they charge plastic bags.
Why don\'t the store afford what they can\'t afford!
I believe we should have reusable plastic bags.
The cost does not seem high for wealthy New Yorkers, but for low-income people, it could be a long-term event.
Our city is full of smart people who should be able to make a reusable bag. Thank you, John!
To my shock, New York City cannot make its own environmental rules.
The state has no right to interfere.
Our politicians should wear plastic bags on their heads.
They should be ashamed that they cannot be a positive force in society.
Whatever they come into contact with, they get worse, whether you\'re talking about drug policy, gun control, Trump\'s control over the economy, they\'re going to mess everything up and they\'re going
I think they should start making designer bags so everyone is proud to walk around with shopping bags.
Queensi\'s naresh respects Senator Kruger\'s comments, but the Senate has done the right thing.
We are not children who need to be encouraged to do the right thing, and there are many residents in New York who do not support more fees yet.
Most of the other cities where the package fee is successful are cities where consumers drive, and there is no offer for free paper bags or bio-deportable bags, which will bring consumers another option and be eco-friendly.
Bowles was angry that their power was not controlled by Albany, but did not take into account the needs of their voters in New York.
Congratulate your new baby son!
If the cost is to help the environment, OK.
But the fee will be paid to the owner. Â Crazy! Postpone.
Yorkville I support the cost of 5 cents. . .
Maybe they will stop the double and triple plastic bag bagging of everything I buy, a wasteful practice seems to be the standard for my shopping, which makes me crazy.
Patrick of Sunnyside gave up plastic bags about four years ago. It was easy.
The fee is a good idea and it doesn\'t need to be difficult for anyone.
Just a little bit of habit.
Shame on people who throw rubbish, shame on those who ignore the environment, and shame on politicians who bury their heads in the sand.
Congrats to John, this is a big deal!
I shop every week and carry a reusable bag with me most of the time.
However, those who shop once a month and have 10-
They have 15 bags of groceries in their shopping cart.
Also, grocery bags always double for $1
Already high bill $2.
Let\'s give the struggling people a break. ÂRegina -
I can\'t believe we\'re still discussing this.
I got my first canvas shopping bag in the first Iraq war.
The argument that this is a burden on the poor is insulting.
They should give up the idea of charging and only follow the complete and Trader Joe\'s and only provide paper.
If someone thinks that this passes on the cost to the consumer, then pass the sensible legislation that does not allow this to be done.
Rob, East Village. -It\'s not a burden-
You don\'t want to pay, you bring your own bag.
You will think twice if you have to pay.
No big deal.
New York State is not required here. ÂSara.
This kind of tax package on the Upper West Side is just another attempt to get more money from New Yorkers, not to mention another attempt at behavioral control.
We should be New York state, not the Soviet Republic of New York state.
If the real concern is garbage and environmental protection, then the solution could be a more aggressive schedule for street cleaning and garbage collection.
The plastic bag is durable and weighs almost zero.
Unlike paper bags, they are waterproof and rarely torn.
There are handles in plastic bags.
You can carry 3 each hand.
I don\'t usually like to write letters, but tonight I have to say: Finally in 2017, Mayor Donald Trump Jr. will take office and will take away the garbage I \'ve been dealing with in my home town of Staten Island for the last 16 years. So Mr.
DeBlasio, please, come and charge us all the fees you want.
Then, Mayor Jr will abolish this nonsense, and if for some reason mayor Jr is not mayor --
Our wonderful president is ruined by the media and has a bad reputation and he will come in and stop it all.
The tax that is not represented is improper, it is not in accordance with the Constitution
I can tell you why.
It says it is illegal in the Constitution.
If I am not mistaken that the plastic is free and the paper bag is free, it is also a law.
It\'s actually $5.
I believe the package I heard in the chat room was $00, so I bought a $0.
79 candy sticks for $5.
I don\'t have a 00 fee in America.
Steven W from tortenville, a straw that allows camels to break in a city where grocery prices are three times higher.
We are an intensive city that lives in apartments and they have to reuse these bags to dispose of the rubbish.
There is no point in the supermarket reservation fee.
They should give us five cents for carrying our own luggage.
Susan, the Upper East Side cancels taxes/fees, does not offer free education, gets rid of racists in the city council and votes to eliminate Como and DiBlasio.
First of all, I started roscoe again, Park hill.
Use almost every plastic bag in my hand, sometimes multiple times.
Secondly, the City Council, in all its work --gooder left-
Enthusiasm for picking New Yorkers pockets never considered alternative strategies ---
Sometimes I think Republicans are right and Democrats have never met taxes that they don\'t like.
This is a kind of tax. don\'t make a mistake.
Parliament should stop tipto\'s toes on this issue, join the state Senate and kill this stupid idea once and for all.
Bruce, Upper West Side of Manhattan, please ban plastic bags in New York City, such as Whole Foods, COSCO, Suffolk County and other counties in New York state.
Valerie brought back those beautiful big paper bags.
They are biodegradable and can be made from recycled paper. Mr.
Felder is an Orthodox Jew, and the plastic bag manufacturer in New York is an Orthodox Jew.
I don\'t think it\'s a coincidence about Sir.
Felder\'s support for the continued use of plastic bags.
Stuie, Stuyvesant town What is the problem with the deposit for the reusable package.
When you get the bag back, you either use it again or refund the deposit.