For a politician, nothing concentrates the mind like an upcoming election. New York Governor Kathy Hochul isn’t up for reelection this year but she seems to remember the 2022 race in which Republicans flipped three House seats. This year she’s trying to avoid that happening again. So this morning she suddenly announced she would do a 180 degree turn on New York’s congestion pricing plan.
“I have come to the difficult decision that implementing the planned congestion pricing system risks too many unintended consequences for New Yorkers this time,” Hochul said in a pre-taped statement released to reporters…
“Once the congestion pricing plan was not accompanied by massive service increases, it became a betrayal of working people in the outer boroughs and the suburbs,” said John Samuelsen, Transit Workers Union President. “Working New Yorkers show their frustration at the…
