Bring back NYC commuter tax? No way, Hudson Valley leaders say
Photo credit: Getty Images | People exit a Metro-North train arriving in Grand Central Terminal during the morning rush hour in Manhattan. (Nov. 1, 2012)
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Hudson Valley leaders are blasting New York City Republican mayoral candidate Joseph Lhota for suggesting that "there needs to be an open discussion" of bringing back a commuter tax on those who work in the city but live elsewhere.
"A lot of people who live outside the City of New York are protected every day by the Police Department and the Fire Department and all of our emergency services,"...
