Officials back curb on MTA payroll tax
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Nassau Executive Edward Mangano, right, and Suffolk Executive Steve Bellone with state and local officials, want to end tax. (Feb. 3)
Nearly two dozen Long Island public officials, including its two county executives, gathered Friday to support a proposed state law to end the Metropolitan Transportation Authority payroll tax on large municipalities.
"Property-tax payers paying for village, town and county services should not have their hard-earned tax dollars diverted to subsidize the MTA through this payroll tax," said...
