Will NYC Revive the Out-of-State Commuter Tax?

If NYC brings back the commuter tax it will affect every county in New Jersey -- including Bergen

By Colleen O'Dea, NJ Spotlight More than 300,000 New Jersey residents would have to pay a revived commuter tax to New York City, if a proposal by the Manhattan Borough president is enacted. Right now, though, there seems to be little chance of that happening. Still, if Borough President Scott Stringer is successful in getting the New York state legislature to reinstate the 0.45 percent tax on workers who do not live in New York City, it would affect people living in every New Jersey county, including the state’s southernmost -- Cape May. Sen. Kevin O’Toole (R-Essex) and Stringer have been engaged in a shouting match over the proposal, reminiscent of the border tax wars of the late 1990s. O’Toole’s district includes parts of four counties…

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