New York Democrats Push to Bring Back State Tax on Stock Sales

New York Democrats Push to Bring Back State Tax on Stock Sales

The threat of deep cuts in federal funding from the Trump administration is reigniting a push to bring back New York’s tax on stock sales.

Movement prods New York’s dormant multi-billion-dollar sales tax on Wall Street

Ray Rogers reached folk hero status in the American labor movement half a century ago after scoring resounding victories against seemingly unstoppable corporations like textiles giant J. P. Stevens & Company. He later took on Coca-Cola in the 2000s, leading college campuses to ban products from the soft drinks titan across the country.Today, Rogers thinks his recent efforts to repeal the Stock Transfer Tax rebate, which he operates out of his hu…