In a misguided attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, legislation (A.B. 3474) has been reintroduced in New York to establish a progressive purchase or lease surcharge for some new motor vehicles based on state calculations of carbon emissions. Depending on the vehicle purchased, this surcharge could require owners to pay up to $2,500 more for the vehicle.
Separate legislation (A.B. 2800) proposes to create a task force that would recommend higher toll and registration fees for heavier vehicles, based on vehicle weight, emissions and fuel-efficiency ratings. If these efforts are successful, the effects on your ability to purchase the vehicle of your choice, not to mention vehicle safety, will be dramatic.
We Urge You to Contact the Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee Members (List Below) Immediately To Request Their Opposition to A.B. 3474 and A.B. 2800
* A.B 3474 and A.B. 2800 will limit consumer choice in purchasing vehicles by making popular performance and luxury cars, as well as SUVs, light trucks and minivans, substantially more expensive to own.
* A.B. 3474 and A.B. 2800 will potentially lead to more deaths on New York's highways as higher taxes on larger, safer vehicles force consumers into smaller cars with higher accident fatality rates.
* A.B. 3474 and A.B. 2800 will not conserve energy. Greenhouse gas emissions depends on a host of other factors such as total miles traveled.
* A.B. 3474 and A.B. 2800 will do little to improve air quality. Air quality has more to do with overall basic vehicle maintenance than it does with owning and operating any particular class of vehicle. DON'T DELAY! Please contact members of the New York Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee immediately by phone or e-mail to request their opposition to these bills.
Please e-mail a copy of your letter to stevem@sema.org.
Thank you for your assistance.
New York Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee
Assemblyman Robert Sweeney - Chair
Phone: 518/455-5787
Email: sweeney@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblyman Jim Bacalles
Phone: 518/455-5791
Email: BacallesJ@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblyman Adam Bradley
Phone: 518/455-5397
Email: bradlea@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblyman Daniel Burling
Phone: 518/455-5314
Email: burlind@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblyman William Colton
Phone: 518/455-5828
Email: coltonw@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblyman Steve Cymbrowitz
Phone: 518/455-5214
Email: cymbros@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblyman Ruben Diaz
Phone: 518/455-5514
Email: diazr@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat
Phone: 518/455-5807
Email: espaila@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblyman Gary Finch
Phone: 518/455-5878
Email: finchg@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblyman Michael Gianaris
Phone: 518/455-5014
Email: gianarm@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblywoman Deborah Glick
Phone: 518/455-4841
Email: glickd@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther
Phone: 518/455-5355
Email: gunthea@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee
Phone: 518/455-5118
Email: jaffeee@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh
Phone: 518/455-5506
Email: kavanaghb@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblyman Micah Kellner
Phone: 518/455-5676
Email: kellnerm@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblyman George Latimer
Phone: 518/455-4897
Email: latimeg@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton
Phone: 518/455-5444
Email: liftonb@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblyman Peter Lopez
Phone: 518/455-5363
Email: lopezp@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo
Phone: 518/455-5431
Email: lupardod@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell
Phone: 518/455-5603
Email: OdonnellD@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblyman William Parment
Phone: 518/455-4511
Email: parmenw@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples
Phone: 518/455-5005
Email: peoplec@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblywoman Annie Rabbitt
Phone: 518/455-5991
Email: rabbita@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblyman Joseph Saladino
Phone: 518/455-5305
Email: saladij@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward
Phone: 518/455-5565
Email: saywart@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel
Phone: 518/455-5192
Email: schimelm@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblyman Fred Thiele
Phone: 518/455-5997
Email: thielef@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblyman Matthew Titone
Phone: 518/455-4677
Email: titonem@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg
Phone: 518/455-3028
Email: weisenh@asembly.state.ny.us
Assemblyman Kenneth Zebrowski
Phone: 518/455-5735
Email: zebrowskik@assembly.state.ny.us