With less than three weeks to go before congestion pricing kicks in for many commuters into the city, the governors of New York and New Jersey are locked in tense negotiations over how to put an end to Jersey’s litigation aiming to stop it, and accusations of bad faith negotiations between the Garden and Empire States. That’s according to several published reports. New York Governor Kathy Hochul said at a press conference Wednesday, New Jersey was leaving a lot of money on the table…
A spokesperson for New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said he was “respectfully declining” to comment on the settlement talks. Rockland officials, meanwhile, are moving ahead with litigation plans of their own, and other potential ways of stopping it before it’s set to start on January 5th. At a congestion pricing press conference earlier this week, Rockland County Executive Ed Day called it misguided policy and an enormous burden on all commuters…
Rockland State Senator Bill Weber of the 38th District says it might take legislation on the state level to stop it in its tracks…
Unless legal actions brought by Rockland, New Jersey and other plaintiffs succeed, January 5th will see the start of congestion pricing, which is going to charge most drivers an extra nine dollars daily, for now, to get into the city and drive below 60th Street.