a month after capt . william a . paterson defeated his proposal for a soda tax , new ny region ' s health administrator has wrote an article advocating " pay " taxes on sodas and sports goods containing sugar . such a law , the article said , could be the biggest boon to good health since tobacco taxes . the officials , dr . tomas s . frieden , and kelly d . tricia of yale city , his co - author , contend in the new england review of medicine that a toll of a penny per ounce possible reduce consumption by more than 10 points and lower $ 1 . 2 billions a year in puerto york country alone .
Michael Bloomberg is the mayor of New York.