http://www.tax.state.ny.us/pdf/publications/sales/pub880_798.pdf I never noticed this until yesterday. I bought some orange juice (100% juice - and that was all I bought at the store) and noticed it was $2.50 on the dot. So fruit roll ups, ovaltine, tang, V8, and potato chips are tax free . . . but Hi-C , Kool-Aid, and Bottled Water are taxed . . . interesting
I noticed most of the items on Fresh Direct are tax free. I tend to go with that. NYC supermarkets suck.