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Tuesday’s Headlines: All Politics is Hochul Edition
You can't escape Gov. Hochul in the news these days. But she can't escape her terrible congestion pricing decision. Plus other news.
June 18, 2024
‘Irresponsible, Destructive’: Hochul’s Congestion Pricing Flip Harms Working New Yorkers, Ritchie Torres Says
"The delay of congestion pricing is not only bad morals and bad economics, it's bad politics," Torres told Streetsblog.
June 15, 2024
Feds: Congestion Pricing Will Be Better Than We Even Thought … And the Pressure is Now on Hochul
The FHWA affirmed the tolls won't have an adverse impact on the environment — kicking it to Gov. Hochul to determine what happens next.
June 14, 2024
Manhattan’s Central Business District Unites To Condemn Hochul’s Congestion Pricing Surrender
They're in the zone and they're zoned in.
June 14, 2024
Opinion: Let’s Keep the Focus on the ‘Congestion’ Part of Congestion Pricing
Congestion is universally hated, yet it keeps rising because city officials refuse to pursue strategies to disincentivize car ownership.
June 12, 2024
Wednesday’s Headlines: Now Come the Lawsuits Edition
Comptroller Brad Lander and a band of legal eagles will announce a lawsuit today to save congestion pricing. Plus other news (including Joey Chestnut!).
June 12, 2024
Komanoff: Actually, Small Businesses Stand to Benefit from Congestion Pricing
There may be no more pernicious fabulation than that small businesses in the congestion zone will suffer when fewer motorists drive in. Let's debunk.
June 11, 2024
Tuesday’s Headlines: ‘Shrinking’ the MTA Budget is Class War Edition
Congestion pricing was still the main topic of the day, thanks to a stunning press conference by MTA CEO Janno Lieber at which we learned a few things:
June 11, 2024
Cycle of Rage: Hochul’s ‘Diner Diplomacy’ is the Worst Kind of Lie
I'll have the plutocratic populism with a side of fries.
June 9, 2024
Wider Crosstown Bike Lanes Coming on 2 Midtown Strips
It's the latest effort to take advantage of the predicted reduction in vehicle traffic from congestion pricing and increase cycling.
June 3, 2024