The new state budget is a heavy lift for some taxpayers.
From driving into Manhattan to buying a costly home, to bagging groceries, New Yorkers are going to have to dig deeper into their pockets.
"it’s ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous. It goes up constantly, never goes down," one Staten Island man said.
"What’s the point of living in New York if they are just going to keep taxing you?" another man said.
On Staten Island, the city's most conservative borough, anger at the $7 billion in increased spending is directed at Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio, who doesn’t even have a say in the state budget.
"First of all we have to get rid of Cuomo and de Blasio. We got to get rid of them. That’s the bottom line. They’re killing the middle class," one resident said.
Congestion pricing, which will charge drivers headed below 61th St. in Manhattan, is hugely unpopular on Staten Island, where drivers already get hit with a toll driving into the borough on the Verrazzano Bridge.
"This is insane, this is not right what they’re doing to the people here," one resident said.
"We are the only borough that has to pay to come home. I hope every politician knows that, what can I say? It’s nothing but fools voting these guys in," another added.
And that toll for Staten Island-bound drivers has gone up too, except for those who take part in the resident rebate EZ Pass program which freezes the toll at $5.50.
And the list of new taxes and fees goes on. There’s a new tax on buying homes costing at least $2 million and up to a five cent fee on shoppers who opt for a paper bag.
"An extra five cents for a paper bag? That sucks man, that doesn’t make any sense," one resident said.
The budget deal also calls for spending $100 million a year to fund state political campaigns. While some taxpayers are angry, others are resigned.
One man said he'll have to "work harder." He added, "I don’t like the idea, but that’s life."