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Judge rules MTA payroll tax unconstitutional

Published: August 22, 2012 9:14 PM
By NEWSDAY.COM

NEWS 12 WESTCHESTER: The tax was supposed to

NEWS 12 WESTCHESTER: The tax was supposed to save the cash-strapped MTA. (Aug. 23, 2012) (August 23, 2012 12:44 PM)

A state court on Wednesday agreed with leaders in Westchester, Putnam and Long Island, striking down a controversial payroll tax levied by the MTA by ruling the tax unconstitutional.

Nassau County filed the suit in 2010 while in the midst of a funding battle with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which was looking for ways to seal a $1.8 billion budget gap. Westchester, Putnam and...

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