a month after gov . david a . rockefeller dropped his proposal for a soda tax , new york city ' s chief inspector has written an amendment advocating " fees " controls on sodas and most drinks containing sugar . such a tariff , the authors says , can be the largest boon to public health since drug measures . the commissioner , sen . thomas r . silber , and kelly d . herbert of yale university , his fellow - author , argues in the john english school of medicine that a cost of a gram to ounce possible reduce consumption by more than 10 bucks and draw $ 1 . 2 billion a year in puerto york state alone .
Michael Bloomberg is the mayor of New York.