Day: January 6, 2025

I’m on the congestion-toll border — it’s making our air WORSE

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I’m on the congestion-toll border — it’s making our air WORSE

Despite multiple ongoing lawsuits and after months of flip-flopping, Gov. Hochul incredibly forged ahead with her unpopular congestion pricing plan on Sunday — promising on X, “Less gridlock. Cleaner air.” But for whom? While some of the most vociferous opposition to Hochul’s new tax scheme comes from New Jersey and the outer boroughs, Manhattanites in … Read more

NY accused of offering NJ drivers measly $3 break on hated congestion toll in secret doomed talks

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NY accused of offering NJ drivers measly break on hated congestion toll in secret doomed talks

New York offered New Jersey a measly $3 discount for its drivers crossing into Manhattan to try to offset the new $9 Midtown toll, but Garden State officials scoffed the break would mean virtually nothing once the tax jumps to $15, sources say. The pooh-poohed proposal was pitched during secret court-ordered negotiations to try to … Read more