Building a Better NYC Capital Budget

Dedicated Revenues - Illustrations

• Increase the gasoline excise tax or lift the cap on the sales tax on gas.
• Charge a fee on vehicles entering the Manhattan central business district, as part of a uniform toll policy.
• Implement dedicated parking fees, including a neighborhood parking permit and dynamically priced parking meters.
• Implement a new sales tax surcharge in the City.
• Implement a Save-As-You-Throw garbage fee for the City's residential buildings. A user fee for refuse collection encourages conservation and will help control the City's sanitation costs, which have quadrupled in the last 20 years. Revenue can be dedicated to the City's environmental infrastructure.
• Use a Tax Increment Financing model to direct a portion of increasing property values to an infrastructure fund.