Dear Gov. Hochul: ‘Move Fast on Congestion Pricing’
Streetsblog NYC
By: Gersh Kuntzman
The new governor’s inbox is full already.
On the day she moved into the state Capitol’s second floor C-suite, Kathy Hochul received plenty of missives reminding her to not throw out everything in Gov. Cuomo’s “unfinished” folder — most importantly, congestion pricing.
A coalition of 28 environmental, transit and good government groups, plus Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer separately, wrote to Hochul on Tuesday to make sure the central business tolling is at the top of her agenda.
“Now, in the lingering stages of a calamitous pandemic, with New York determined to emerge stronger, we need congestion pricing more than ever,” the coalition, which includes Riders Alliance, Reinvent Albany, Right of Way, Transportation Alternatives, StreetsPAC, the Environmental Defense Fund, Lyft, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, New York League of Conservation Voters, the all-important Real Estate Board of New York, and Regional Plan Association. “We implore you to use your full authority to implement it as quickly, fully, and fairly as possible.”
