Hochul Moves To Revive NYC Congestion Pricing Plan

Politico reports:

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has taken a step to revive congestion pricing before President-elect Donald Trump, who opposes the extra toll, takes office.

In recent days, the governor’s office asked the U.S. Department of Transportation whether implementing congestion pricing with lower tolls than the planned $15 for drivers entering parts of Manhattan would require another lengthy environmental review, two people with knowledge of the conversations told POLITICO.

“She’s asking for it to go from $15 to $9,” said one of the people, an MTA board member. Hochul had said she was concerned the tolling plan, which is widely unpopular in the suburbs, would hurt Democrats this fall. The party ended up flipping three New York congressional seats and keeping every other — a victory amid a national trouncing by the GOP.

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The future of congestion pricing is even murkier now that Donald Trump has won a second term and advocates say the coming weeks may be Gov. Hochul’s last chance to reactivate the tolling program she paused, blowing a $15 billion hole in the MTA’s budget: https://t.co/rb4eticEeI pic.twitter.com/RShdjxlFln

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