Why NY Governor Kathy Hochul Killed Congestion Pricing
Why NY Governor Kathy Hochul Killed Congestion Pricing
Before her eleventh-hour decision to reverse course and “indefinitely pause” a landmark plan to charge drivers higher prices for clogging up Manhattan streets, Democratic New York governor Kathy Hochul received $36,000 from lobbyists for state automobile
dealers. Half of that money came from a lobbying group that opposed congestion pricing, citing “consequences for dealers and the thousands of people they employ.”
https://jacobin.com/2024/06/kathy-hochul-congestion-pricing-nyc/
Before her eleventh-hour decision to reverse course and “indefinitely pause” a landmark plan to charge drivers higher prices for clogging up Manhattan streets, Democratic New York governor Kathy Hochul received $36,000 from lobbyists for state automobile
dealers. Half of that money came from a lobbying group that opposed congestion pricing, citing “consequences for dealers and the thousands of people they employ.”
https://jacobin.com/2024/06/kathy-hochul-congestion-pricing-nyc/