Residents of New York City may consider paying a ડ 3 million surcharge for package delivery to help the failed Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
In a one-and-a-half ad for the Daily News, John Samuelsen International President for the Transport Workers Union and Brooklyn Assemblyman Robert Carroll said the MTA’s budget crisis could be resolved with a new step – a fee that the report would raise to more than 1 1 billion a year.
New York City, De Blasio Se to receive coronavirus vaccine next week.
“During this fatal epidemic, we have already tolerated thousands of transport workers by maintaining the dynamics and functioning of the NYC and need not be accepted as inevitable,” he wrote.
“We choose to fight, and we ask you to join.”
The charge will not apply to orders containing food or medicine, but argues that the surcharge will encourage people to buy from a local store rather than large retailers such as Amazon and Walmart.
The pair argue that the MTA desperately needs Washington’s federal bailout to help an already fighting transportation system that has been “dissected” by the effects of the coronavirus.
They are looking to the government to help them recover from an estimated 16 16 billion deficit by 2024, but they have also said they will need help at the state level.
Although they govern. Despite asking Andrew Cuomo to change and modify the measures, including the 3 surcharge on packing, the charge will only apply to New York City – Carol Samuelsen says it will also benefit the environment.
The op-ed states that the Big Apple Moment delivers 1.8 million packages a day – the World Economic Forum could increase the number of delivery vehicles by 36% in the coming decade, slowing the spread if policies are not established. shopping online shopping.
“They’re reminded of how local mom-stores and big retailers like Bloomingdale and Macy’s are part of making the city dynamic, diverse and fun,” the New Yorker said. “These businesses also employ our neighbors.”
They also believe that this charge will force companies to cut their waste by making sure they are packaged together rather than arriving as separate deliveries.
The pair said MTA could see a decline by 2022 resulting in a loss of 450,000 jobs, and a reduction of 50 50 billion in annual revenue.
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“What is missing in these reports are the mental anguish and suffering behind such numbers: parents who are unable to pay rent or buy groceries; The children were forced to go to bed cold and hungry; When high school students saw the promise of college college education, it went away, ”he said.
