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Pols Let Suffolk Co. Red Light Cams Expire, Inviting Deadlier Streets
Long Islanders should be red hot mad that streets are about to become less safe.
June 19, 2024
MTA Halts Work On Second Avenue Subway After Hochul’s Congestion Pricing ‘Pause’
Gridlock Gov. Hochul has joined the history books as the next governor to stop work on the Second Avenue subway.
June 18, 2024
National Green Groups Condemn Hochul’s Congestion Pricing ‘Pause’
Had New York engaged congestion pricing, the state would have "played a nation-leading role." Alas.
June 18, 2024
Someday, You May be Able to Activate Open Streets with Fewer City Hurdles
It could get easier and cheaper to organize hopscotch or hula hoop on open streets.
June 18, 2024
Deep Dive: Hochul Ignored Broad Coalition of Congestion Pricing Supporters In Favor Of Placard Elite
Gov. Hochul is favoring a wealthy, placard-clad minority over a diverse coalition of groups who have come out in support for congestion pricing.
June 17, 2024
‘Irresponsible, Destructive’: Hochul’s Congestion Pricing Flip Harms Working New Yorkers, Ritchie Torres Says
"The delay of congestion pricing is not only bad morals and bad economics, it's bad politics," Torres told Streetsblog.
June 15, 2024
Feds: Congestion Pricing Will Be Better Than We Even Thought … And the Pressure is Now on Hochul
The FHWA affirmed the tolls won't have an adverse impact on the environment — kicking it to Gov. Hochul to determine what happens next.
June 14, 2024
Komanoff: Actually, Small Businesses Stand to Benefit from Congestion Pricing
There may be no more pernicious fabulation than that small businesses in the congestion zone will suffer when fewer motorists drive in. Let's debunk.
June 11, 2024
Hochul Ditches $10K Car Dealer Fundraiser Amid Congestion Pricing Uproar
The Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association was slated to host a $10,000-a-ticket reception for the governor.
June 10, 2024
Hochul’s Bid to Stop Congestion Pricing Might Be Illegal
But she may be off the hook because the feds have still not undertaken what would have been the final bureaucratic step.
June 10, 2024