congestion pricing
GOP rep takes credit for stopping NYC's controversial $15 congestion toll in new ad campaign
First-term Republican Rep. Mike Lawler has launched a new multi-million dollar campaign ad claiming credit for forcing Gov. Kathy Hochul to shelve the unpopular $15 congestion pricing toll to enter...
More NYers oppose congestion pricing, but Hochul still gets no boost in poll
Despite the growing support for Gov. Hochul's decision to indefinitely scrap Manhattan's congestion-pricing toll, her low favorability numbers are still hovering around where they were in June.
Kamala Harris win in November will ensure MTA's 'success': Hakeem Jeffries
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) wouldn’t commit to the feds being able to chip in the record high amount of funding towards its last five-year capital plan and framed...
Staten Island pols urge Hochul to yank MTA board member who recommended stripping borough of new railcars
Staten Island pols are pressing Gov. Hochul to remove MTA board member Norman Brown, who suggested stripping the borough of its rail system's promised new train cars.
Hochul finds $54M in state funding to restart Second Avenue Subway project stalled after congestion 'pause'
Since legislators left Albany without a plan in place to replace the billions of dollars of revenue anticipated as part of the congestion pricing scheme earlier this year, Hochul has...
Past 6 months have had the most traffic deaths in nearly a decade with 61 pedestrians killed since January: study
Back in May, a 5-year-old boy mowed down by a car near a Queens playground become the 2,500th New Yorker to be killed in a traffic incident since Vision Zero...
Hochul tells pro-congestion pricing groups suing her over pause of $15 toll to 'get in line'
Through a spokesperson, Hochul, who instituted an “indefinite pause” for the congestion pricing scheme before it was supposed to go live on June 30, told the lawsuits’ plaintiffs to “get...
First legal challenges to Hochul's NYC congestion pricing pause set to be filed Thursday
Powerful congestion pricing supporters plan to sue Gov. Kathy Hochul over her 11th-hour pause of the first-in-the-nation tolls, according to two lawsuit drafts obtained by The Post Wednesday.
MTA board member wants to strip Staten Island of new trains in congestion pricing retaliation
Norman Brown recommended stripping the Staten Island Railway of promised new train cars over the borough’s opposition to the congestion pricing program.
MTA in dark over Gov. Hochul's talks to revive congestion pricing with lower tolls: 'I don't know anything'
The MTA's top honcho on Tuesday said he's in the dark about talks between Gov. Kathy Hochul and lawmakers to potentially revive congestion pricing with a toll lower than $15.
NYC straphangers uneasy over zip ties seemingly holding tracks together: 'Should I be worried?'
The MTA says zip lines along the tracks in Queens are no cause for concern, but it's making some Big Apple straphangers uneasy as the railroad halts its capital projects...
Four huge NYC service disruptions at Penn Station in a week? No way to run a railroad
For the fourth time in less than a week, NYC-area commuters who rely on Penn Station train service faced major delays Monday as New Jersey Transit and Amtrak halted service,...
MTA board reluctantly OKs Hochul's congestion pricing pause, delays $16.5B in projects during heated meeting
The MTA begrudgingly rubber-stamped Gov. Kathy Hochul's indefinite pause of congestion pricing during a heated board meeting on Wednesday.
MTA set to bow to Gov. Hochul's suspension of $15 congestion pricing toll — for now
The MTA board is expected to vote on a resolution Wednesday begrudgingly bowing to — not challenging — Gov. Kathy Hochul's decision to "pause" implementation of the "congestion" toll.
Hochul needs to call the bluff of the MTA fearmongers — and fully kill congestion pricing
Many anti-congestion-pricing advocates are ripping the MTA for issuing stop work orders on non-essential projects, calling it a scare tactic to pressure Gov. Kathy Hochul into reimplementing the plan.
New Yorkers' extreme discontent with Democrats' 'politics as usual'
New York's dominant Democratic-progressive establishment basically ignored the voter anger exposed in the 2022 elections — and the voters have noticed.
MTA halts construction projects in move to 'scare NYers,' pressure Hochul after axing congestion toll: sources
The MTA has halted construction projects at rail stations in Queens to pressure Gov. Hochul to restore congestion pricing — or find another revenue service to maintain its capital spending...
Opponents of congestion pricing dealt blow in lawsuit, but plan remains halted by Gov. Hochul
Opponents of New York's congestion pricing were dealt a blow by a federal judge -- but the plan is still on pause after Gov. Hochul stepped in.
Suburban voters stand by Hochul’s congestion pricing pause: poll
Of the statewide respondents, 45% said they supported Hochul’s decision to pause the $15 daily toll on drivers entering Manhattan below 60th Street.
Firefighters: congestion plan would have endangered us all
Gov. Hochul’s pause of congestion pricing was a welcome move for all New Yorkers — but it was crucial for our city’s Bravest, the members of the Fire Department of...