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Let’s be clear: the Governor’s announcement to “indefinitely delay implementation” is effectively a cancellation of congestion pricing.

Will there be a spate of lawsuits to save congestion pricing now?

ALBANY — The two days since "Gridlock Gov." Hochul announced a pause on congestion pricing have felt like a farce, a weird dream or some combination of both.

Mayor Adams supports Gov. Hochul for delaying congestion pricing, but top-level appointees in his administration are urgently speaking out in favor of the tolls.

The state is expected to follow suit. But what happened to the promise of 1,325 intersections?

Is this really the way a New York Democrat wants her legacy on transit and climate change to play out?

Can she even do this? And does she have a revenue plan? Maybe and no seem to be the answers.

Cut to the chase: The only story yesterday was Gov. Hochul's decision to shelve congestion pricing — likely killing it for another generation. Everyone in our world was basically holding their heads in their hands all day, mumbling either obscenities or serenity prayers quietly to themselves while slowly rocking back and forth.

She's made it much worse.