New York City is set to become the first big city in the country to put in place a charge on vehicles entering its most congested streets, and it took a booming economy, grinding traffic and a subway crisis to seal the deal.
Drivers will pay a fee to enter a zone in Manhattan’s business district with the expectation it will reduce gridlock while raising billions of dollars needed to restore the city’s struggling mass transit system. A decade after Mayor Michael Bloomberg failed in his bid to establish a charge, New York lawmakers...
We need a referendum
This is a tax purely to extort money and it has little to do with health, it is a money maker. The major congestion in Manhattan is caused by double parked cars and truck, taxis drivers who refuse to pull to the curb for passengers, construction blocking the streets and sidewalks
Sounds like they ought listen to a few of the tweeters responding below, and maybe they'd learn a thing, or two from people who've walked the walk.
Gee, wonder why people are leaving New York State.
Fix the trains and bus before charging to drive into the city.
Aaahh! You gotta love New York😂
Good, use the money to improve the subway.
Unbelievable and really ridiculous. Going to NYC has been crossed off my bucket list.
Don't pay, use video conferencing instead 😎
Good, as long as that money goes to public transit.
Here's a tip from a former delivery manager. ALL deliveries be made at night. All roads, tunnels, bridges in one direction for an hour. No fees, tolls or tickets. Get em in get em out fast efficient. Get rid of buses. No trucks bigger than a minivan during the day 6am - 6pm
Well. NYC has a socialist/communist mayor and elected crazy AOC. Now they are having a sample of what is it like to live under such a 'government'. Taxes, fees plus more taxes. Someone has to pay for ThriveNYC.
This morning a caravan of families were spotted leaving New York heading for north Carolyn
More bullshit from government. Hey were going to tax you to build and maintain the roads but if you actually want to use them it will cost you more...
I’d rather be homeless than live in that shithole city
So people pay for the streets and for the maintenance but to actually drive on the streets will cost more money? That’s bullshit. Fix your subways. NYC
People are leaving NY in record numbers, they are sick of being taxed to death, so NY can push there liberal socialist agenda
dirty cars stink and kill
Soon NY will not be congested as everyone flees the HIGH TAXED sorry State!!! NYGovCuomo DemocratsAreDestroyingAmerica
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