A bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives opposing New York City’s congestion pricing plan. The resolution, introduced by Long Island Congressman Anthony D’Esposito, calls for New York to study the plan’s economic impact on small businesses. Rockland Congressman Mike Lawler of the 17th district has signed on to the bill, and calls the city’s plan nothing more than an attempt to squeeze every last cent out of hard-working commuters…
Rockland County Executive Ed Day says the county is working on a legal plan of attack, following in the footsteps of the state of New Jersey and the borough of Staten Island, each of which took legal action to counter the congestion pricing plan last month…
The D’Esposito bill passed out of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee late last month.