Insider News Center: From New York City Insider: $2.16 Billion More Reasons to Scrap Congestion Pricing Tax.

 

Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: $2.16 Billion More Reasons Congestion Pricing Tax Isn’t Needed; Will Hurt City Communities, Delay Revitalization Efforts.  

New York-Apr. 7…New York State will receive an additional $2.16 billion in federal infrastructure dollars, it was reported today, again negating the need to impose a congestion pricing tax — a prohibitively expensive paywall for low-income New Yorkers — on vehicles traveling south of 60th Street in Manhattan, the group Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free today said. The congestion pricing paywall is scheduled to be implemented in 2023 despite the dramatic drop in business and office activity in Manhattan’s central business and financial districts. 

“Common sense and logic cry out: ‘Stop the Congestion Pricing Tax!’, and it’s hard to believe our public officials don’t hear them,” said Keep New York City Congestion Tax Free spokesman Joshia Bienstock. “The MTA, one of the most wasteful agencies in New York history, no longer needs the revenue that a congestion pricing tax would provide, and such a paywall would almost certainly hinder efforts to revitalize Manhattan business districts. Moving forward with this exorbitant new tax on New Yorkers makes zero sense and the issue must be revisited before another dollar is spent on the plan.”

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