Autos coming in from New Jersey during peak hours get a $3 discount; autos coming in from the East Side and paying tolls at the Midtown Tunnel and Hugh L. Carey (Brooklyn Battery) Tunnel receive only a $1.50 discount from the congestion pricing toll during peak hours. ( Photo: MTA) Congestion Pricing After 2 Weeks: MTA Calls It a Success, Others Say Not So Fast MTA Chairman Janno Lieber was calling the controversial congestion pricing toll, which charges most drivers $9 to enter city... News 19 Jan 2025 | 10:41
MTA chairman Janno Leiber unveils a congestion pricing sign at midnight on Sunday, Jan. 5 on the first day of the toll. ( Photo: MTA) Commute Times Down, Anger Up in First Full Week of Congestion Pricing Tolls By all accounts, the first week of congestion pricing did ease traffic at bridges and tunnels leading mid-town Manhattan... News 13 Jan 2025 | 11:19
Hey, what can i do? Mayor Eric Adams says it is beyond his control to push for tax credits for teachers and first responders fpr police, fire and EMTS who live outside the congestion pricing zone and drive personal cars to work. MTA Chairman Janno Lieber urged individuals to seek relief from their employers. But Adams says don’t look to the city for relief. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Adams Won’t Go to Bat for Teachers and First Responders Who Work Inside Congest Zone When Janno Lieber gave his press conference on the brink of the start of congestion pricing, he suggested that employers... News 09 Jan 2025 | 06:38
Signs highlighting the new congestion pricing zone. ( Photo: Alamy) Hochul Ignored Plea from 4 Council Members for Relief from Congest Toll for Residents Living Below 60th St. Dear Governor Hochul and Commissioner Dominguez: We write to you as New York City Council Members representing the Central... Voices 06 Jan 2025 | 06:42
MTA Chairman Janno Lieber was taking a victory lap at a hastily called news conference on Jan. 3 after a judge refused to grant a request for an injunction to halt the imposition of the congestion pricing toll. It started as scheduled on Jan. 5. ( Photo: MTA via YouTube) Congestion Pricing Begins; Firefighter Unions Blast it Anew, NJ Vows to Continue Fight Motorists were paying more to get into Manhattan below 60th St. starting on Jan. 5 after New Jersey lost its last ditch appeal... News 06 Jan 2025 | 03:53
Chinatown protests against congestion pricing, Dec. 17, 2024. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Chinatown Protests Congestion Pricing, Demands Gov. Hochul Cancel MTA “Cash Grab” Dozens of impassioned protestors gathered near the Manhattan Bridge on Dec. 17 to denounce Governor Kathy Hochul’s reinstatement... News 19 Dec 2024 | 01:18
Governor Kathy Hochul (left) chats with local lawmakers including Assembly members Tony Simone (rear) and Linda Rosenthal and NYS Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal after the Nov. 14 announcement that she is “unpausing” congestion pricing toll. All three lawmakers are supportive of the toll that Houchul plans to start on Jan. 5. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Hochul “Unpauses” Congestion Pricing; Seeks to Start Jan. 5 with $9 Toll It is a race against time as Governor Kathy Hochul unpaused congestion pricing tolls below 60th St in Manhattan, setting... News 16 Nov 2024 | 05:52
Mayor Eric Adams (left) with his deputy mayor, communications Fabien Levy at the weekly press briefing at city hall on Nov. 12. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Adams on Board with Hochul’s Renewed Congestion Pricing Push Mayor Eric Adams said he supports the move by Governor Kathy Hochul to “unpause” congestion pricing but is leaning toward... News 12 Nov 2024 | 06:52
The MTA reluctantly agreed it had to shelve some big projects now that the Gov. Kathy Hochul has postponed indefinitely the start of tolls from congestion pricing that were expeted to bring in $1 billion a year. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) MTA Must Defer $16.5B in Spending After Congestion Pricing Indefinitely Postponed An MTA board meeting on Wednesday, June 26 voted 10-to-1 to indefinitely pause the execution of congestion pricing tolls.... News 28 Jun 2024 | 01:17
Map of the northern part of the Second Avenue Subway. The stations at 63rd, 72nd and 96th Streets exist. The others do not and now are being postponed yet again. ( MTA) Second Avenue Subway Construction Halted—Again Work on the Second Avenue subway has been halted—again. The alleged cause this time is Governor Kathy Hochul’s surprise... News 24 Jun 2024 | 10:58
A view of the skyline of lower Manhattan where rental prices appear to be softening in advance of congestion pricing going into effect later this year. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Is Congestion Pricing Prompting New Renters to Look Outside Zone? The rental landscape in Manhattan took a slight dip in February, fueled by dips in many downtown neighborhoods, even while... News 29 Mar 2024 | 02:10
Protestors against the congestion pricing toll gathered at City Hall Park on Feb. 27th. “What is going to happen when the FDR Drive turns into a parking lot?” one lower east sider asked. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Deep Divisions in Hearings Over Congestion Pricing as Opponents and Boosters Battle Deep divisions between boosters and bashers were seen Feb. 29 as the MTA kicked off the first of its four public hearings... News 04 Mar 2024 | 05:18
Public sector labor unions are the latest latest to join the fight against congestion pricing in the city. ( Erik Drost/Wikimedia) Lawsuit Against Congestion Pricing Toll Calls It “MTA’s Latest Fundraising Gambit” As the launch date for the controversial congestion pricing plan approaches, opposition from city labor unions. some of whose... News 09 Feb 2024 | 03:51
Governor Kathy Hochul rallying to support congestion pricing at Union Square on December 5, one day before the MTA Board’s full vote on suggested tolls below 60th St. The final tally was 9-1 in favor, with a $15 base levy holding steady. ( Photo via Governor Kathy Hochul on X.com) MTA Board OKs Congestion Pricing Plan, Including $15 Base Toll; Public May Now Comment Congestion pricing has come one step closer to reality, after the full MTA board overwhelmingly voted for toll recommendations... News 11 Dec 2023 | 12:16
Carl Weisbrod, chair of the MTA’s Traffic Mobility Board, helms a Nov. 30 briefing on the toll rate recommendations the board has arrived at for congestion pricing. ( Photo via MTA Live) Congestion Pricing Board Wants $15 Base Toll, Mayor Adams Wants More Debate The MTA’s Traffic Mobility Board is recommending a baseline toll of $15 for drivers entering the congestion pricing zone–or... News 06 Dec 2023 | 10:29
