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MTA Can’t Borrow Its Way Out Of Hochul’s Capital Plan Gaps: Comptroller

Forcing the MTA to fill its congestion pricing hole with borrowed money could mean a 16-percent fare hike down the line.

October 23, 2024

X-Citement: Union Boss and Streetsblog Columnist Fight Congestion Pricing War in Public

Get some popcorn and watch Charles Komanoff and union boss John Samuelsen battle on Twitter.

October 4, 2024

Stop Making Sense: TWU’s Head-Scratching Opposition to Congestion Pricing Doesn’t Add Up

Thanks in part to union sabotage, New Yorkers are staring into an abyss of impoverished transit.

October 3, 2024

Judge: Hochul’s Grounds for Congestion Pricing Pause May Not ‘Exist’

The gridlock governor's attempt to do away with the traffic toll may have no legal basis, Judge Arthur Engoron suggested on Monday.

October 1, 2024

OPINION: Any Money Hochul Finds to ‘Replace’ Congestion Pricing Should Fund Fares and Frequency

The governor's congestion pricing gambit put potential infusions into MTA operations to fund things like fare subsidies and service on the back burner.

October 1, 2024

Derailed? Gov. Hochul May Rip Up MTA Capital Plan

The gridlock governor — who already blew a $15-billion hole in the MTA capital budget — now is suggesting that the next capital plan is too big.

October 1, 2024

DENIED: Hochul Fails in Bid to Toss Pro-Congestion Pricing Suits Out of Court

A State Supreme Court judge will give congestion pricing supporters a real day in court!

September 27, 2024

Carpocalypse Now: MTA Releases Granular Bus Speed Data Showing Need for Congestion Pricing

The new segmented data allows everyone to see which sections of bus routes are most clogged by traffic — and, by extension, which would have benefitted the most from congestion pricing.

September 24, 2024

Hochul’s Congestion Pricing ‘Pause’ Tanked Her Polling, Hurt the MTA and Did Zilch for Democrats

Gridlock Gov. Kathy Hochul saw zero political benefit from nixing congestion pricing's June 30 launch date, according to a new poll.

September 20, 2024