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KOMANOFF: Hochul Must Remember the Facts of Congestion Pricing’s Benefits
I’ve said for years that there’s no smarter big-city public policy than congestion pricing and that New York is the place where congestion pricing can do the greatest good. Our combination of hellish traffic, excellent but underfunded transit to the central core, and commuters who place great value on driving guarantees it.
June 5, 2024
Gov. Hochul Should Read Gov. Hochul’s Press Releases about the Benefits of Congestion Pricing
The news that Gov. Hochul is considering delaying congestion pricing will come as a shock not only to many New Yorkers, but to Gov. Hochul herself, who has been touting the central business tolling plan as "powerful" and "transformative" for the city.
June 5, 2024
The Next Fight: Which Gov’t Vehicles will Get Congestion Pricing Exemptions?
Certain government vehicles will be exempt from paying the congestion pricing toll, but which ones? And how? Let the Explainer explain it all to you.
May 14, 2024
Legislators Propose More Bus Service, Transit Discounts In State Budget Negotiations
City buses would run more frequently under Albany legislation included in the state Senate and Assembly's "one-house" budget proposals.
March 12, 2024
Thursday’s Headlines: Two Can Play At That Game Edition
A Brooklyn politician is taking New Jersey at its anti-congestion pricing word — and threatening to sue the state for charging out-of-state drivers to use its highways.
January 18, 2024
Reporter’s Notebook: Will Eric Adams Ever Publicly Embrace Congestion Pricing?
The governor celebrated congestion pricing on Tuesday as an historic moment while Mayor Adams spent Tuesday failing to live up to it.
December 6, 2023
Unlike Mayor Adams, Gov. Hochul’s Support for Congestion Pricing Toll is Full-Throated
The governor said what needed to be said.
November 30, 2023
New York Doubles Down on Congestion Pricing After New Jersey Sues
No retreat, baby, no surrender!
July 21, 2023
With Fed OK in Hand, Hochul Goes Full-Speed Ahead on Congestion Pricing
Drivers stuck in congestion have an "incredible alternative," the governor said — "public transportation."
June 28, 2023
Everyone’s Suddenly Open To Some Congestion Pricing Exemptions
According to the recently-released environmental assessment, the more wholesale exemptions or upstream toll credits that are doled out to certain classes of drivers, the more everyone else will shell out. But "no exemption" hardliners are hard to find right now.
August 26, 2022
