evidence: If Your Time is short - State and local gas taxes in New York state are about 50 cents per gallon, and the average price is currently above $4 per gallon. [...] Not including the federal excise tax, the gas tax in New York was 48.22 cents per gallon, as of Jan. 1, Walczak said. [...] The gas tax in New York is about 50 cents per gallon, not including the federal excise tax, but a gallon of gas now costs more than $4, meaning that the tax is far lower than half the cost of gas.