$400 and Free Plastic Bags Coming Your Way?
Though 76 percent of you said you thought it was okay for Mayor Mike to nix the $400 property tax rebate in light of the current financial situation, you homeowners might be getting a check after all. The NY Times reported that Mayor Bloomberg does not actually have the power to cancel the rebate. “Any…
Though 76 percent of you said you thought it was okay for Mayor Mike to nix the $400 property tax rebate in light of the current financial situation, you homeowners might be getting a check after all. The NY Times reported that Mayor Bloomberg does not actually have the power to cancel the rebate. “Any elimination of the popular rebates requires City Council approval, the budget director, Mark Page, acknowledged. And council members, who have been flooded with calls from angry residents looking for their checks, declared the mayor’s idea to cut them ‘dead on arrival.'” Turns out the Mayor can’t impose that six-cent “fee” on plastic bags, either; he’d hoped by calling it that instead of a tax he could bypass the Council once again, but no go. We’ve heard from readers that many would be willing to forgo the check and abide the plastic bag fee in these trying financial times, but already Councilmember Vincent Gentile has filed a lawsuit lawsuit “to compel the Department of Finance to make good on the City’s promise of $400 rebate checks to homeowners.”
Your $400 Check Might Be in the Mail Soon [NY Times]
Yeah!!!! What am I going to bag my otherwise decomposable garbage in if I don’t have any plastic grocery bags that will last for 400 years in the ground??? Huh??
“but my mind boggles when i see people in public housing and on assistance with 400 dollar gadgets that i can’t afford. and it’s very VERY impervious (is that a word?). i’ve YET to see one project dweller without an expensive ipod, phone, or wardrobe.”
Sounds like you spend a lot of time observing housing project residents. Have you ever been inside a project apartment? Maybe you don’t really have that much to envy after all. Think about it.
I need bags for my dog’s poop. So how would that work? They ring up my groceries and then pack up my bags and then tell me how many bags I used and then I pay again for that? Can you imagine the people behind me in line? People get shot for less in this town.
wait two weeks and they’ll be cheaper!!!! and then wait another two weeks and they’ll be cheaper!!!
my CRT TV is on the fritz. I suppose I should buy one of those new-fangled plasmas or LCDs. Any recommendation as to choosing between them?
Sad thing is that I may spend a large portion of my rebate in Philadelphia. LOL
discounted plasma tv for whom? is there a worthy charity out there that just really needs a plasma tv? most of us owners probably already have perfectly serviceable tvs.
i notice no one else is supporting my idea. a lot harder to give up money that you have than to not have it in the first place, i guess.
Smash The State!
i_disagree, that’s a very good idea, although using it towards a purchase of a discounted plasma tv would also be a worthy cause.