Date (happened)
  • between 1932 and 1933 (probable)
    "in the deep of the Depression", told in The Game of Life (nid 1026)
  • c. 1934 (probable)
    Passage528083 identifies New York City's first Depression-era sales tax and its original temporary-relief rationale.
Told / reported
7 March 1969
The Game of Life (nid 1026), telling 1026-9, told 1969-03-07
He remembers New York City introducing a one-cent sales tax during the depths of the Depression, sold as temporary help for the millions of unemployed, which was never removed but raised to two, three, four and now five cents.