Gov. Hochul announces reduction of congestion toll pricing to $9
The GOP may not be able to stop implementation of the Gov. Kathy Hochul -backed $9 base toll to enter Manhattan’s business district — a— but officials are already looking at it as a major campaign issue against Democrats in future state and city elections.
The vacancy rate was also 17% in Chelsea/Hudson Yards and Midtown South/Flatiron Union Square and 16% in Midtown/Times Square, Soho-Little Italy and the Lower East Side and 15.7% in Greenwich Village.One Lower East Side activist, retired state Supreme Court Judge and former Democratic Councilwoman Kathryn Freed, said state and MTA officials never conducted an economic assessment of the new toll and the City Planning data provide evidence it could hurt neighborhoods in the congestion zone.
“There are empty storefronts now in Midtown,” Sliwa said. “You know what this means? More of an exodus south of the Mason-Dixon line.“It’s absolute nonsense to charge people more to come into the greatest city in the world,” he said. “It’s anti-business, it’s anti-visitor. It’s totally insane.While Hochul has the votes on the board to muscle it through, it’s expected to have some opposition. Mayor Eric Adams’ appointees are expected to back the new toll.
“The Governor’s initial instincts were right. The issue hasn’t changed and neither has my opposition. Congestion pricing places too much of a burden on our regional economy whether it is $15 or $9,” said David Mack, a Nassau County appointee on the MTA board, told The Post Sunday.There’s also blowback from outer-borough Democrats as well as Republicans who showed up at an anti-congestion toll press conference in Fresh Meadows, Queens Sunday.
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