New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is considering ways to revive a program that would charge drivers a toll to enter parts of Manhattan before President-elect Donald Trump gets into office and blocks it. Hochul and her staff have been reaching out to state lawmakers to gauge support for resuscitating the plan, known as congestion pricing.
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is considering ways to revive a program that would have charged driversIn the days since Trump’s election, Hochul and her staff have been reaching out to state lawmakers to gauge support for resuscitating the plan — known as “congestion pricing” — with a lower price tag, according to two people familiar with the outreach. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were revealing private conversations.
Now, Hochul has less than two months to salvage the scheme before the Republican president-elect, whose Trump Tower is within the toll zone, takes office for another four years A spokesman for Hochul declined to comment and pointed to public remarks the governor made last week when she said: “Conversations with the federal government are not new. We’ve had conversations — ongoing conversations — with the White House, the DOT, the Federal Highway Administration, since June.
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