Photograph of Plastic Bag Monster from New York Daily Photo on Flickr Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed 5-cent fee on every plastic bag used by shoppers would help reduce waste and raise an estimated $100 million to help the city’s budget crisis , but it will probably never see the light of day now that City Council Speaker Christine Quinn opposes it . Quinn is also blocking a move to reimpose the city sales tax on clothing and shoes under $110, which would raise an estimated $394 million a year, and instead she wants to increase the city’s sales tax from 4% to 4.5%. Though the Speaker hasn’t commented publicly, sources tell the Staten Island Advance the proposals were …
