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Posted at: 11/11/2009 5:10 PM | WHEC.com NYS license plate debate
What was once old, is now new again for New York drivers. It's kind of like when athletes wear their throwback jerseys. News 10NBC first told you about the state's plan for new license plates yesterday but this story has been so popular on our website, News 10NBC decided to take a closer look. It's almost a universal reaction. “It's just another tax and who needs another tax at this point?” Dave Albert feels helpless against a state government he calls entrenched. “Registration goes up. New license plate fee. Pretty soon it's a hundred bucks.” Starting in April, every New Yorker who registers a car has to buy a new license plate for $25. That's on top of a new $50 registration surcharge and $16 dollar fee on driver's licenses. Gary Swagler said, “I don't want to pay more money. I'm paying more money in New York State for almost everything lately and to me it seems like just another way for the state get more money from the residents.” The new plates are retro with a yellow background and blue numbers. One woman, Leslie Graham said she liked it until we told her she had to pay for it. Graham said, “I thought you had a choice to go retro. No, no then I do not support that.” The fees for new plates were passed in the state budget. Senator Joe Robach voted no. “We just can't have them continue to heap taxes on and on and say in New York City people are good with it. Where I live in Rochester, people aren't good with it.” As much as they don't like it, the people we talked to feel resigned to pay for it. Swagler said, “I can't do anything about it and I’m not going to move so we're going to have to pay for it like everyone else.” The state DMV says the new blue and yellow plates will help maintain highway safety, reduce the number of unregistered cars and trucks and generate $130-million to help the state's financial crisis but there's another catch. If you want to keep the same numbers and letters on your new license plate, that's going to cost you another $20. A lot of people say it's unfair to upstate where people need cars and trucks to get to work and school. It doesn't have nearly the same impact in New York City where people take mass transit.
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Is it a safety issue or a way to get more money out of your pocket? New York State is requiring you to buy new license plates for your car.
