Hochul Pauses Congestion Pricing as Other Environmental Bills Flounder
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a significant about-face Wednesday when she put an “indefinite pause” on a plan to charge a new toll for drivers entering lower Manhattan.
The $15 congestion pricing toll for most drivers had been slated to begin June 30th.
A number of lawsuits were filed to stop it. Hochul — in the past a vocal supporter of congestion pricing — says the timing is not right to begin the new program after all.
As Karen DeWitt of the New York Public News Network reports, the decision comes as other anti climate change initiatives are floundering, as the legislative session draws to a close.