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Thursday’s Headlines: So How Was Your Day Edition
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.
June 6, 2024
Hochul’s Congestion Pricing Reversal Won’t Win Democrats Any Votes in November
She's made it much worse.
June 6, 2024
Congestion Pricing Advocates Demand Answers As Hochul Betrays Them … And Herself
Hundreds of protesters rushed to Gov. Hochul's Midtown office on Wednesday to protest the governor's decision to abandon congestion pricing.
June 5, 2024
Spin Zone: Fact-Checking Hochul’s Congestion Pricing Video
Hochul's logic for abandoning congestion pricing was dubious, and her commitment to her stated gridlock and climate goals are in the dustbin.
June 5, 2024
Four Ways that NY Gov. Hochul’s Cancelation of Congestion Pricing is Bad for America
The plan was always controversial, but supporters have rightly pointed out that politicians need to act boldly, lest our society fail to meet its stated goals.
June 5, 2024
OUTRAGE: ‘Spineless’ Hochul’s Surrender on Congestion Pricing Feeds the Trolls
By channeling the very rhetoric of the toll's car-centric opponents, the governor has undermined her stated goal of improving the city.
June 5, 2024
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
Gov. Hochul Backs Red Light Camera Renewal
Gov. Hochul signaled her support on Thursday for reauthorizing the city's tiny red light camera program — but stopped short of calling for an expansion of the decades-old program.
May 10, 2024
Hochul, Legislators Reach Toll Evasion Crackdown Deal
Higher fines for covering a plate and for not paying tolls are part of the budget deal inked on Saturday.
April 22, 2024
