ALBANY — New York drivers will start paying for new license plates next year — whether they want to or not....
>>>ALBANY — New York drivers will start paying for new license plates next year — whether they want to or not.
...The new plates, featuring a bold new gold hue and a highly reflective surface, will make the roads safer and “reflect New York’s force and its resilience,” according to the state’s commissioner of motor vehicles.
They will also generate $260 million in revenue and create more than 100 jobs — at the maximum security prison where inmates make the plates for up to 42 cents an hour.
...Last week, Gov. David A. Paterson acknowledged the anger over the issue in a radio interview, but pointed out that the state “needed the revenues.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/nyregion/11plates.html?_r=1&ref=economy