According to U.S. Rep. Josh Gottimer, the Metropolitan Transportation Agency should begin reimbursing commuter money spent on New York's congestion pricing scheme.
A day after President Trump vowed to kill Congressional controversial initiatives, Gottheimer (D-NJ) said the MTA would continue to collect tolls until the MTA puts on hold as “outrageous” Continuing to collect it has blown up.
“If New York insists on keeping the cameras in place, they must prepare to refund all jersey commuters for tolls. The hardworking jersey family is a miserable and legendary MTA. “We should not be forced to continue to bail out any non-control,” Gottheimer said. statement.
On Wednesday, U.S. Transport Secretary Sean Duffy said in a letter to Hochul that he was revoking federal approval of tolls, prompting the MTA to prompt lawsuit against the Trump administration.
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy was one of the most intense critics of traffic prices, Duffy said in a letter.
Hochul received the letter a day after a New Jersey driver said at a press conference that he was not forced to come here.
“I personally want to play all New York teams in New York. The federal government has not proposed annexing Meadowlands,” Hochul blasted.
Her resignation was angered by Gottheimer, who wrote in his statement that Hochul “is owing an apology to hardworking jersey commuters for claiming they were “not forced” to come to New York.” I pulled it.
“These comments are face slaps for police officers, firefighters, nurses, teachers and countless other professionals who commute to New York every day, to contribute to the economy and support local businesses. That's,” he added.
In a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Transportation, the MTA argued that federal agencies do not have the sole authority to eliminate congestion pricing.
Even if a judge is on the side of the Fed, commuters are unlikely to see the cost of sacrifices in their bank accounts, New York-based Arthur Schwartz told Gothamist.
On Wednesday, MTA Chair Janno Lieber expressed confidence that the program would beat the DOT court order, citing several other legal hurdles that have so far survived by traffic pricing.
