Inside the furious debate over New York City's new tax on drivers, which New Jersey Democrats are fighting against tooth and nail
, called it"the most exciting actual specific public policy idea that's in play and within reach for New York City and really any city in the country."
Congestion pricing is a win-win, Komanoff told Insider. If more drivers stay on the roads than expected, the city will rake in more revenue. If the toll keeps more drivers out of New York's business district than anticipated, there will be even less traffic and pollution than expected. New Jersey lawmakers seized on this double tax as a central sticking point, with Sen. Menendez, and Reps. Gottheimer and Bill Pascrell saying in a joint statement this week that these drivers should be exempt from the congestion tax.
"The whole thing would have been so much less virulent and less vituperative," he said, calling the double fees on tunnel drivers"really poor public policy" and"a basic fairness thing." New York Rep. Ritchie Torres, a Democrat from the Bronx, supports congestion pricing after extracting key environmental wins for his district.Schwartz argued that it's hypocritical of New Jersey to demand exemptions from other states' tolls, when the Garden State charges a slew of fees on drivers passing through the state.
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