How the new fee would apply

See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Vanessa OgleBrooklyn DailyThe Council is debating a bill that would require most stores throughout the city to charge shoppers 10 cents for each bag — paper or plastic — they used at checkout. Shoppers who bring their own tote bags will not be charged a fee.

The bag fee — it is not a tax because the payment goes to the businesses rather than the government — would apply to a variety of stores:

• Supermarkets

• Delis