Hochul's floated payroll tax hike rejected by lawmakers

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Hochul floated increasing the tax in the hours after she rescinded support for the toll plan, which would have charged drivers $15 to travel into Manhattan below 60th Street, said three officials briefed on the plan who were granted anonymity to freely discuss sensitive negotiations.
49% : Lawmakers have been scrambling over the past two days to consider a range of options to replace the toll revenue, including one that would have packaged the payroll tax increase with a suite of environmental-focus bills.
48% : The proposal to increase the payroll tax would have generated an additional $1 billion, lawmakers briefed on the plan said.

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