Six-Month Gas Tax Holiday Begins in New York as Price at Pump Continues to Surge

A person uses a petrol pump at a gas station as fuel prices surged in New York City, on March 7, 2022. Andrew Kelly/Reuters

Drivers in New York will get a six-month gas tax holiday as of June 1 amid record-high gas prices across the United States.

The move to provide drivers some relief at the pump was proposed earlier this year when inflation and the war in Ukraine sent gas prices soaring.