{"id":57326,"date":"2024-11-16T12:24:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T17:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=57326"},"modified":"2024-11-16T12:24:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T17:24:33","slug":"now-that-the-election-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=57326","title":{"rendered":"Now That The Election Is Over…"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, The New York Post<\/a> reported that New York State Governor Kathy Hochul is restarting the congestion pricing plan. The cost of entering midtown Manhattan was originally set at $15, but the Governor has magnanimously reduced it to $9. She did wait until after the election so that voters wouldn’t be influenced by her adding the tax.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Hochul had abruptly paused the program just before it was set to go into effect in June with a base rate of $15 \u2014 and then relaunched with with the lower fee just before President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s administration had an opportunity to block it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Critics argue the first-in-the-nation toll \u2014 which was first approved by state lawmakers and then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo<\/a> in 2019 \u2014 is just a cash grab for the MTA that\u2019ll saddle New York City drivers with yet another fee.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article includes the details:<\/p>\n

When does congestion pricing start?<\/h2>\n

Cars will be tolled beginning at midnight on Jan. 5, Hochul said.<\/p>\n

How much will drivers be charged?<\/h2>\n

Standard passenger vehicles using an E-ZPass will be charged $9 per day for entering the tolling zone during daytime hours, defined as 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.<\/p>\n

That base amount is set to increase to $12 in 2028.<\/p>\n

Other types of vehicles, like motorcycles and trucks, pay at different rates as follows:<\/p>\n