Carl Heastie floats raising state sales tax on gas to fund mass transit

Carl Heastie floats raising state sales tax on gas to fund mass transit
Warning that congestion pricing is not a sure bet, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie Friday suddenly floated the idea Friday of raising the state sales tax on gasoline to help fund mass transit. “It’s an option,” Heastie said at a Crain’s New York breakfast in midtown. He later told reporters he was merely citing “an example”…