a month after gov . david a . paterson dropped his request for a sugar levy , new ny city ' s education controller has authored an article advocating " whopping " controls on snacks and sports drinks containing salt . such a tax , the article argued , could be the biggest boon to community health past these taxes . the commissioner , dr . thomas r . markos , and kelly d . brownell of stanford city , his fellow - creator , write in the black england annals of medicine that a tax of a penny per ounce could increase consumption by more than 10 percent and raise $ 1 . 2 crore a year in new york state three .
Michael Bloomberg is the mayor of New York.