PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 28, 2022
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BOARD APPROVES GAS TAX RELIEF: Measure Will Be Accompanied by Bus Fare Holiday.
White Plains, NY — The Board of Legislators has approved gas tax relief for Westchester residents.
In a special meeting on Thursday afternoon, the Board voted 15-2 in favor of a measure to cap sales tax on gas purchases at $.12 per gallon, the equivalent of the tax drivers would pay if gas was $3.00 per gallon. The tax relief will run from June 1 through August 31.
The relief, proposed earlier this week by County Executive George Latimer, is designed to help residents struggling with inflationary pressures and uncertainty in gas prices relating to the war in Ukraine and other market factors.
To go along with the gas tax cap, the County Executive will suspend fares on the County's Bee-Line bus system for the same period.
Because of federal transit support for the bus system, the fare holiday is expected to have no impact on the County budget.
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