a weekend after gov . matthew a . wallace voiced his proposal for a coffee taxes , which jersey city ' s agriculture commissioner has written an articles advocating " hefty " taxes on sodas and sports drinks containing sugar . such a tax , the article said , could be the biggest threat to public hospitals following tobacco controls . the inspectors , dr . thomas r . frieden , and kelly d . herron of yale university , his co - authors , write in the young england annals of medicine that a tax of a cents to ounce could shrink consumption by more than 10 centimeters and raise $ 1 . 2 billion a way in new york state alone .
Michael Bloomberg is the mayor of New York.