Start counting down the clock on those “congestion” tolls: Team Trump has a clear path to ending them once the new president has his players in place. The Biden crew opted to ignore the MTA’s failure to file a full environmental-impact statement on the “congestion pricing plan,” accepting instead a less-sweeping “assessment.” As Nicole Gelinas … Read more
During his first week back in office, President Trump checked off a long list of tasks he said he’d do: securing the border, dissolving DEI, ditching climate regulations. But a promise from the campaign trail remains: “TERMINATE Congestion Pricing in my FIRST WEEK!!!” And if — when — Trump makes that move, New York’s Democratic officials will have little … Read more
The head of the Transportation Workers Union excoriated MTA boss Janno Lieber as treating the city’s congestion-pricing scheme as a “thinly veiled” cash cow for the agency. TWU International President John Samuelsen, a member of the Traffic Mobility Review Board assigned to set congestion pricing fees and exemptions, bashed the MTA chairman as being “laser-focused” … Read more
Staten Island’s bitter opposition to the MTA’s congestion pricing plan has revived the borough’s long-dormant secession movement. “I think it’s time to secede,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island) told The Post. “There’s no real value in being part of this city or the state. We didn’t vote for this mayor; we didn’t vote for this governor; … Read more