NY Gov To Relaunch Manhattan Congestion Pricing Plan

November 14, 2024 Democrats, New York City

Gothamist reports:

Gov. Kathy Hochul plans to relaunch the MTA’s congestion pricing program with a $9 base toll for passenger cars — marking a 40% reduction from the price previously approved by the MTA — according to four sources briefed on the governor’s plan.

The governor’s move comes just over a week after the election, and more than five months after she abruptly paused congestion pricing weeks before it was set to launch. New York state lawmakers first approved the program in 2019, with the goal of charging drivers a fee for entering Manhattan south of 60th Street.

In pausing the program, Hochul claimed the tolls would be too costly for drivers who were already wrestling with inflation. Two sources said the governor was asked by congressional Democratic leaders to hold off on launching the tolls until after the election in hopes of winning competitive House races in the city’s suburbs.

Read the full article. Below, a Republican NYC Council member screams in the usual fashion. If enacted, Manhattan congestion pricing would be the first such program in the United States.



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