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Opinion: Gov. Hochul’s ‘Pause’ Betrays A Great Leader … And His Legacy of Fiscal Prudence
Dick Ravitch fought for sensible fiscal policy to ensure the MTA was on strong financial footing. Gov. Hochul forgot his lessons.
June 26, 2024
City Wants To Keep ‘Jaywalking’ Illegal For Pedestrians’ Own Good
In the City that Always Jaywalks, officials want to keep ticketing people for it.
June 26, 2024
MTA Board To Vote To Pause Congestion Pricing Until Hochul Says So
The MTA Board will vote on Wednesday to confirm Gridlock Gov. Kathy Hochul's indefinite pause of on a long-accepted method of funding the regional transit system.
June 25, 2024
State Comptroller: Loss of Congestion Pricing Revenue Leaves MTA With ‘No Good Options’
Gov. Hochul's indefinite cancellation of congestion pricing represents "a decline in investment in the metropolitan region’s vital transportation system," says Tom DiNapoli.
June 25, 2024
Brooklyn Pol: NYPD’s Enforcement of ‘Jaywalking’ is a ‘Racial Injustice’
The NYPD is "unfairly targeting Black and Hispanic individuals," says a Brooklyn Council member, who wants to change that.
June 25, 2024
Power Outage: Schumer, Heastie Won’t Fight Hochul’s Congestion Pricing ‘Pause’
Chuck Schumer and Carl Heastie are two of the most powerful politicians in New York — but don't expect them to fight for congestion pricing, even though they support it.
June 25, 2024
Hey, Gov. Hochul, Here’s How Congestion Pricing Would Have Remade Manhattan
Just in time for Sunday night's failed launch of congestion pricing, check out this Streetfilms video from Stockholm.
June 24, 2024
The Brake Podcast: The Real Reason Why Traffic Engineers Design Deadly Roads
Hint: they aren't deliberately trying to get us killed.
June 23, 2024
Federal Judge Sets Aside a Key Congestion Pricing Lawsuit
Gov. Hochul's rationale for killing congestion pricing took another blow on Thursday as a federal judge dismissed one of the major lawsuits against it.
June 21, 2024
There Is A Pedestrian Injury and Death Crisis Going On
So far this year, 55 pedestrians have been killed and more than 4,000 injured. That's a health crisis.
June 20, 2024
