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Changes since congestion pricing started in New York

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437 points Vinnl | 5 comments | 13 May 25 10:43 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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fundaThree ◴[14 May 25 21:24 UTC] No.43989379[source]▶
I thought Hochul ratfucked this initiative for no apparent reason. What was the reason she gave for not ratfucking it a second time?
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burkaman ◴[14 May 25 21:30 UTC] No.43989434[source]▶
She delayed it by 6 months because she thought it would hurt some candidates in House elections, and then she reduced the fee by a significant amount when it did go into effect in January, but it's still working incredibly well.
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1. fundaThree ◴[14 May 25 21:47 UTC] No.43989547[source]▶
> She delayed it by 6 months because she thought it would hurt some candidates in House elections

Did she think that New Jersey residents vote for New York candidates? Do you have a link to the narrative?

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2. philipov ◴[14 May 25 21:55 UTC] No.43989620[source]▶
Westchester County and Long Island residents vote for New York candidates.
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3. fundaThree ◴[14 May 25 22:05 UTC] No.43989686[source]▶
Fair, I guess I have no clue who on earth would willingly opt into driving into New York in the first place.
4. burkaman ◴[14 May 25 22:09 UTC] No.43989714[source]▶
I don't think it made sense either, especially because cutting the congestion pricing revenue last-second meant she had to start talking about raising taxes on the entire state instead, but that is the consensus on what she was thinking.

Here's an article about it, she hasn't admitted the election considerations so we can't know for sure: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/09/nyregion/hochul-congestio...

5. prasadjoglekar ◴[15 May 25 00:03 UTC] No.43990482[source]▶
And even further north Putnam and Dutchess Counties pay the MTCD tax. Those are solid red/purple.