The NAACP has joined a coalition of Staten Island politicians and organizations opposing the MTA's congestion pricing plan, which proposes charging drivers to enter Manhattan below 61st Street. Critics, including the NAACP, argue that the plan unfairly targets poorer communities by potentially worsening air quality in less affluent areas while aiming to improve it in wealthier neighborhoods. Jasmine Robinson of the NAACP Staten Island chapter has also backed a federal lawsuit against the congestion pricing plan, condemning it as unjust. Concerns were raised about the moral implications of the plan by local politicians, questioning the MTA's rationale and its impact on air quality across different socioeconomic areas.
The Staten Island @NAACP knows that the @MTA’s Congestion Tax is just a cash grab that will increase cancer-causing pollution in NJ & the outer boroughs. The MTA should clean up its own mess before whacking hardworking families with the Congestion Tax. https://t.co/ZBuxBAb0An
The NAACP Staten Island chapter is standing up for justice https://t.co/SZvjYjdTR4
“The NAACP on Friday announced that it is backing a federal lawsuit aimed against congestion pricing. ‘This is not fair, this is not right, this is an injustice,’ said Jasmine Robinson of the Staten Island NAACP chapter.” https://t.co/PZYOaE8nx2
Why is it moral for the @MTA to fractionally improve air quality in the wealthiest zip codes, by making it worse in the poorest? We asked MTA Chair Lieber to explain it to us. He declined. See what I said. https://t.co/Pt1RcDJv6y
The NAACP is the latest group to join the calls to halt the MTA’s plan that would charge drivers to enter Manhattan below 61st Street — here’s the latest on the controversial congestion pricing plan https://t.co/7owPzo5w2I
Staten Island pols welcome local NAACP chapter to congestion pricing opposition https://t.co/qHoQLwH7XL https://t.co/LMnY8kKi9l