Trump Plans to Kill Congestion Pricing. Hochul’s Pause Could Let Him.
There are at least three ways a Trump administration could try to stop the transit-funding toll.
“I do not believe any changes to congestion pricing that require legislative action would pass quickly.”
The recently formed Solidarity PAC has mobilized big finance and real estate to target socialists and the Working Families Party.
New York’s Equal Rights Amendment would enshrine the right to abortion in the state. A judge threw it off the ballot for the fall, but an appeal is expected.
While New York City’s public campaign finance system endures scandals, the state won’t audit the majority of campaigns.
The governor promised to fill the chronically understaffed Board of Parole. Nearly half of her nominations have ended in disaster.
Hundreds of Child Victims Act cases have been filed against New York schools, some over accused serial offenders that could leave districts with tens of millions of dollars in liability.
New York’s consumer advocacy groups struggle to compete with well-funded utilities and corporations. Lawmakers want to level the playing field.
The retiree says a local rooftop solar company and its partners forged her signature to sign her up for a loan she could not afford.
The Citizens Budget Commission wants the governor to halt a just-passed extension of the Industrial and Commercial Abatement Program so a study of the controversial subsidy can be completed.
After the governor declined to answer questions, a New York Focus reporter was ejected from her event.
As the state has backpedaled on congestion pricing, it has made no progress on nearly half of its other transit-related climate goals.
Some of the state’s top Democrats slammed the governor, while others supported the pause or stayed mum. Republicans want congestion pricing killed altogether.
We asked 26 lawmakers who support the congestion pricing pause how they propose to fund transit upgrades. Most shrugged.