Silver spokesman Daniel Weiller says the speaker supports the concept of the tax, but hasn't presented a specific proposal. He had no comment Friday on why the Manhattan Democrat has changed his position.
The state Legislature and Gov. George Pataki did away with the tax in 1999, much to the dismay of then-Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed taxing commuters' incomes to help close the city's budget gap, but so far hasn't swayed Albany lawmakers.
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