a weekend after gov . dave a . paterson dropped his proposal for a fat fee , new hampshire city ' s health commissioner has written an article advocating " hefty " restrictions on sodas and sports drinks containing glucose . such a tax , the article said , could be the biggest boost to public health since tobacco taxes . the director , a . thomas r . frieden , and beverly d . herron of yale universite , his co - author , argue in the new mexico journal of law that a tax of a penny per ounce could limit consume by more than 10 percent and lower $ 1 . 2 billion a bottle in susannah penn city alone .
Michael Bloomberg is the mayor of New York.