New York City is imposing a controversial new driving tax on vehicles headed south of Central Park or into Manhattan from New Jersey and Brooklyn.
As more workers return to offices after the coronavirus pandemic, New York Democrats are pushing them into the Big Apple's subway system with policies like the new congestion fee on cars and trucks that enter busy parts of Manhattan. The new fee, criticized as a driving tax on the middle class and businesses, is meant to encourage people to take the subway, cutting down on exhaust fumes and raising money for the city's Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Scott LoBaido, a Staten Island artist and frequent critic of New York's Democratic leaders, protested the move this week with a demonstration at 61st Street and Broadway, the same intersection where supporters of the new fees celebrated when they went into effect earlier this week. He said a passerby approached him and expressed support for the new fees because they would be good for the environment.
just said, 'Excuse me, son. I don't feel like going on fire. I don't feel like getting stabbed in the back of the head,' LoBaido told Fox News Digital Friday. LoBaido was referring to a string of recent subway attacks. In one, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala is accused of lighting a sleeping woman on fire, fanning the flames and watching her burn.
Sebastian Zapeta was later arrested and allegedly told detectives he didn't remember what happened because he routinely gets blackout drunk and rides the subway, according to court documents. In another case, the NYPD arrested a man accused of knifing two strangers from behind within the subway system. On Christmas Eve, another man was arrested for an alleged unprovoked stabbing at the subway platform in Grand Central, a major hub for tourists and commuters. 'It's insane.
Janno Lieber, the MTA chairman, told Bloomberg News earlier this week the idea of crime has 'gotten in people's heads' but claimed the trains are safe. 'The overall stats are positive,' he told the outlet. 'Last year, we were actually 12.5% less crime than 2019, the last year before COVID. But there's no question that some of these high-profile incidents, you know, terrible attacks, have gotten in people's heads and made the whole system feel less safe.
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