The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-02
NEW CITY TAX
PLAN HALTED
BY CRITICISM
Flood of Telephone Calls
Follows Hint of Levy
on Salaries.
ONLY TENTATIVE
IDEAS. SAYS MAYOR

MhNoi MllCnel : lax comm aSiOn, ap'
pointed to devise some way OF increasing
! the city revenue, reported TO the BOARD
OF Estimate land Apportionment yester.
day. Before the board went into session
commission was to suggest four new
ways OF raising extra money. After the
commission had been In session until .
/ O'Clock and the preliminary announce.
ment Of its intentions through the eve.
| ming newspapers had been followed by
few hundred telephone calls It wa,
announced that plans will he withheld
from the public at present.
The commission. consisting OF Alfrei
f. Marling Roher' L. Simon. Walter
Lindner. T. r. 4 Sci gman. George V
| Mullen. Lawrence Tanner and Cyrus c
! Miller. wont to the City Hail about .
O'Clock THEA L wr, known they were
/ ~ suggest,
nhuvc 5000. ,Nr,p. the ,a'arIcs Of ci:y
smr'nyr,-.
Src"ud---N inN on ni',tpsd Irrf, uout
Thlrd--h tex 81 al hlIlia;lonS
/ eradcd nccorGiDr to rcut pail or value
this TO inCiudc Gwsiir" hoU-es as we'll
/ Fourth-,u occupancy tax. Witch
was TO take IN all business establish.
mrnts based on value or the rental paid
s2o,oOO,OOO More Needed.
! Il "a estimated t1at New yor.. ct,
will need s@0O0o.oCo moro next year
/ than this year IN add ton 20 the norma
/ budget Increase. The budget Cor '9l.
/ IS Sl9S,S9S.1SG. which is S6.UU0.n00 more
than 1914. For ucN' year. in addition, II
| is estimated that there will be a d!rec'
State tax, the New York city proper
ton being about $4,000 600. Beside,
this an extra 100000 will be required
under the agreemen; with the bankers
for obtaining loans on nou-rovenuc pro
duc'ng property OF the city.
The idea N appointing the conmssio,
was 10 avoid placing any heavier burder
upon realty or Increasing the regular
/ taN rate
There Is no doubt that the suggest on,
Of the commission did not meet wiz
/ unqualified approval. Late =: the after
noon II was hard to nnd any ofiicia
willing 10 express himself IN their favor
I
! suggestions" was tho word which cam'
/ from all. Anyway there Is nothing
definite. Nothing can be done withou
the approval Of the legislature and tina
! will not he nj this session. II may no
be decided for months wat will b'
dore"
The Mayor himself late IN the after
noon gave out this statement:
with reference to this tax matter
printed various statements about II. y,
suggestion has been made TO the BoarC
OF Estimate that would result in tax
ing every fat dweller In the city. state
ments Of that kind will only result IL
complete Misrepresentation.
Now the situation II this: Thi
commission was asked. In addition to tn,
general purpose for wrich e. was orig
inallv appointed. 10 consider what add
tioral sources of revenue should bc de
veloned I'm the city, and ! asked then
TO hasten their consideration OF tina
matter. so that NJ this time We coult
have their ideas before US. They hav,
submitted some suggestions 10 tn
Board OF Estimate. which were onl,
placed before the members OF the Boar,
OF Estimate this morning.
Merely Feeling the Way.
Tho Board OF Estimate Is not pre
pared at this time to consider thos
suggestions, for the reason that befor
it considers them II will want 10 know
a number Of facts which II has not nov
I'm it's possession. namely % how nue.
will have to he Included in our nudge
next year toward the amount of new
permanent improvements and (2l hoy
much the state direct tax will he an,
what our proportion will he and havinl
determined that. how much We cal
save ont of the present budget figure
In order TO fnd out what increase ther
will he
Having determined ali that. Nc vii
come to the ro'nt where we will have Z
considered whether II will become neces
sary to develop any now sources az cit
revenue. ~ the decision is that II Is wis
20 develop new sources Of city rcvcnu,
We will then take up the cons ideration u
hose suggestions made by the committe,
II does not mean that We will acceu
thom--lt means we will consider Their
II may he that there will he other sug
Gestons that will he more meritorou
than those made ny the committee, The
are merely suggestions, and only tents
tive"
This Is not a final report, them" tn
Mayor was asked
rendered for months These arc studle
which they nave made" was the an
swcr "Thcy arc merely suggestions"
win il not he necessary II you d
place any more taxes on the city, to GO
legislation
Undoubtedly
"How VIII II I've possible 10 get IN
amount Of the direct State taX?'
"I think 1t will he possible for us {
learn at Albany approximately wha
that tax Is likely to he"
can YOU disclose what the sugge'
, lions are?'
i 1T was generally concluded this morr
ing that 1t would not he wise to do It fC
/ tho reasons ! have already given YOU"
According to the earlier versions b,
fore II was known that nothing would /
revealed officially, II WAS said It had M
been decided whether or not the gross
any income over $4,000 would be take
or just the surplus, II was regarded g
. a little unfair to tax man with S2OC
and not taN a man with only 1893. q
The tax on uncarned increment was 81
Z planned as taS on the Increase in pro-
0 crit values over the appraisals The "a
I on hahitaticns was said to mean thu
q every man renting a Nat for more than
d certain sum would pay a small tax. TT
income tax was to he one-half OF | u,
{ cent Occupancy tax was TO operate Il
, | same as the hahitatlOn tax, each me