The Queens Courier - OPINION
BY NELSON EUSEBIO
February 8, 2010

Last year, Governor David A. Paterson put forward a proposal that outraged Queens citizens. He tried to pass an 18-percent tax on sugar-sweetened drinks, which would have cost all New Yorkers an additional 55 cents when purchasing a 12-pack of soda.

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