N.Y. Tax Law § 1329: Requirement of withholding tax from wages

§ 1329. Requirement of withholding tax from wages. (a) A city income

tax surcharge imposed pursuant to the authority of this article shall

provide that such tax shall be withheld from the wages of city residents

in the same manner and subject to the same requirements, to the greatest

extent possible, as provided in sections six hundred seventy-one through

six hundred seventy-eight of this chapter except that the term

"aggregate amount" contained in paragraphs one, two and three of

subsection (a) of section six hundred seventy-four of this chapter shall

mean the aggregate of the aggregate amounts of New York state personal

income tax, city personal income tax on residents authorized pursuant to

article thirty of this chapter, city income tax surcharge on residents

authorized pursuant to this article, city earnings tax on nonresidents

authorized pursuant to article two-E of the general city law and city

earnings tax on nonresidents authorized pursuant to article thirty-B of

this chapter required to be deducted and withheld.

(b) Withholding of tax on wages shall commence (i) in the case of a

local law enacted in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (i)

of subsection (c) of section thirteen hundred twenty-one of this

article, not later than January first, nineteen hundred eighty-five, and

(ii) in the case of a local law enacted in accordance with the

requirements of paragraph (ii) of such subsection, not later than the

effective date of such local law or ninety days after the date of

enactment of such local law, whichever is later.