Rockland officials aren’t keeping quiet about the MTA’s plans to move forward with congestion pricing by the end of 2023. New Jersey’s governor earlier this week came out against the plan as well, saying it amounts to a double tax on many Garden State commuters. According to NJ.com, the double tax kicks in when drivers who use the George Washington Bridge would enter Manhattan, then get tolled a second time when they go below 60th street. They wouldn’t get credit for the bridge, though drivers who enter through the Lincoln or Holland tunnels, it is being recommended, would get a break on any congestion pricing fee. Rockland’s state senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick agrees with Murphy, GWB users should get a break…
Orangetown supervisor Teresa Kenny says Rocklanders are being mistreated when it comes to congestion pricing…
A caller to The Morning Show on Tuesday, Susan, noted that for people like her, who do volunteer work with the city’s homeless, the congestion pricing plan will be devastating…
The MTA announced last week they’ll be holding public hearings on the issue later this month.