56 officials, groups and business associations from New York and New Jersey have written a letter to New York Governor Kathy Hochul, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and other New York state and city officials. They want them to hold off on the controversial congestion pricing plan until after the area recovers economically from the pandemic. That’s according to NJ.com. And that’s if they decide to go ahead with the congestion pricing plan, which, it appears, will happen. Rockland Business Association CEO Al Samuels says for Rocklanders and other commuters west of the Hudson River, there aren’t enough options available for reliable mass transit into the city, making the congestion pricing option entirely unfair to them…
The congestion pricing plan would charge a toll, perhaps as high as $23, for those traveling by car south of 60th street in Manhattan. The MTA says the money raised would be used to make repairs and upgrades to the transit system.