Congestion pricing in NYC is sparking debate as some question the timing and effectiveness of the policy. Various figures, including politicians and celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg, express concerns about the impact of the tolls on commuters and the economy. The MTA holds public hearings before the plan's implementation, while critics argue that the tax is burdensome and unnecessary.
Even Whoopi Goldberg understands that congestion pricing and turning city streets into a bike lane Legoland is a massive failure of urban planning. As I’ve said many times — nobody is in favor of this beyond the misanthropic activist class. https://t.co/MdGfoVCuU4
Whoopi Goldberg to Gov. Hochul about congestion pricing: 'What is the point?' https://t.co/kxQ6r0asfx https://t.co/prQhbb3XEf
NJ families know the Congestion Tax is nothing but a cash grab. First responders, teachers, nurses, & our hardworking men & women of labor will all get whacked by the Congestion Tax, despite the @MTA raising three times more than they need. https://t.co/CKS493Gkbb
Whoopi Goldberg rips NY’s congestion pricing toll on The View https://t.co/tvkNiPkkPt https://t.co/efjaOruTht
City Hall NYC During a briefing, the NYC Mayor Eric Adams is asked about congestion pricing. The mayor stated he would rethink about it, and he doesn't want to burden taxpayers and doesn't want to burden the NYC economy , He also stated city council and the mayor's office were… https://t.co/mVgrOV5pTx
Whoopi Goldberg gives Kathy Hochul an earful over NY’s congestion pricing toll: ‘nobody was listening’ https://t.co/zPrDpaRec3 https://t.co/OvdD3uYxZ4
The MTA would like to tax you $15 per day if you would like to avoid this. The alternative to the $15 tax per day is to not visit Manhattan South 60th. 1.2M people on an average fall weekday have already made this decision. https://t.co/DnbLIANCje
The warped morality of Congestion Pricing... see what I said about Lord Lieber in today's @nypost @NYPostOpinion https://t.co/9SerFMgmwI
MTA holds final public hearings on congestion pricing before plan goes into effect https://t.co/d8bNLBe70r https://t.co/a9YEy73JQJ
Extra tolls on Harbour Bridge, Tunnel would sting tens of thousands a day https://t.co/NTdvKZxs30
Congestion pricing pits MTA’s Lord Janno Lieber against working folk https://t.co/hk2HYOaxdQ https://t.co/hcN91jNgkx
Don't believe his bullspit. Those 500 MTA cops never materialized in any effective way in the subway system. It took years to ramp up to 500 cops who still aren't patrolling @NYCTSubway. There was never a right time to impose congestion-pricing. I shd know since I helped kill it. https://t.co/Nr0byMlOtu
Many things have changed since 2019 when we passed congestion pricing and while it is the right public policy, we must seriously consider if now is the right time to enact it. Read my Op-Ed in @nypost: https://t.co/UobkNBnRVu