a month after gov . david a . paterson dropped his proposal for a soda tax , new haven city ' s finance commissioner has written an article condemning " hefty " fees on sodas and game drinks containing sugar . such a law , the article said , cannot be the biggest burden to public government since tobacco taxes . the chancellor , gen . thomas r . frieden , and kelly d . brownell of yale university , his vice - author , argue in the new england journal of medicine that a tax of a penny an ounce could reduce income by more than 10 years and raise $ 1 . 2 billion a year in new york state alone .
Michael Bloomberg is the mayor of New York.