a month after g . james a . paterson announced his proposal for a soda tax , newly york city ' s health administration has posted an entry advocating " exorbitant " taxes on sodas and sports substances containing candy . such a restriction , the story concluded , potentially be the biggest blessing to public policy through cigarettes prices . the commissioner , gov . thomas s . koplan , and julie d . millett of wesleyan university , his co - creator , assert in the new bedford journal of medicine that a penalty of a coin / ounce could reduce intake by more than 10 kilometers and raise $ 1 . 2 billion a year in new york state alone .
Michael Bloomberg is the mayor of New York.