Some critics say that the more people are exempted, the more that everyone else has to pay.
According to the Post, New York Governor Hochul is considering a lower congestion pricing toll for Manhattan and giving an exemption to municipal workers.But, there are plenty of people who are not on board.Sam Schwartz is a transportation expert who says, "exempting government workers--give me a break!"Danny Pearlstein is with the Riders Alliance who says, "handing out special interest privileges to public officials makes people distrust government.
But many others say the governor put the brakes on congestion pricing because Republicans would use it as a campaign issue and possibly jeopardize Democrats who are running for election in November. "I was a government worker for 20 years. Why should I, or for that matter any government worker, get a break when the bodega owner doesn't get the break, when the construction worker doesn't get the break," Schwart argues.
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