New York voters overwhelmingly reject having to pay a new $15 “congestion” fee to enter midtown Manhattan. statewide poll Monday’s program has been released.
According to a Siena College poll, 63% of voters across the Empire State oppose toll roads, while Gov. Cathy Hochul and Gov. Only 25% of respondents support the MTA’s proposed toll structure.
In New York City, 64% of voters oppose the nation’s first congestion pricing plan for Manhattan’s business district south of 60th Street, while only 33% support it.
Even higher, 72% of voters living in the suburbs around the Big Apple are more likely to drive than take public transit to Manhattan, but the Metropolitan Transportation Authority could introduce it as soon as June. He is opposed to the controversial charge system.
Opposition to tolls is one of the few issues that unites across all walks of life in New York state voters.
The new toll includes 72% of blacks, 62% of Latinos, 62% of union households, 75% of Republicans, 69% of independents and unaffiliated voters, and 75% of Republicans, even Democrats. A majority of 54% are against it.
Congestion pricing was introduced in 2019 as a state law supported by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Democratic-controlled Legislature, but only 34% of Democrats support it.
Mr. Cuomo’s successor, Mr. Hochul, has defended congestion pricing as a good thing amid a flurry of lawsuits to block it.
“A majority of Democrats, two-thirds of independents, and three-quarters of Republicans oppose the upcoming congestion pricing,” said Stephen Greenberg, a pollster at Siena College. “And about two-thirds of downstate voters and a majority of upstate voters also oppose it.”
One in seven voters (14% of respondents) said they would travel less to Manhattan to avoid the fees, and 17% would find another way to get to Midtown using public transportation. replied.
Additionally, 14% of respondents said tolls would not affect their travel patterns, and 44% said they would not go to Manhattan. The poll asked upper-class people who rarely set foot in the Big Apple.
The congestion charge imposes a $15 toll on vehicles traveling below 60th Street between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekends.
Overnight, the price drops to $3.25.
“Nearly one-third of New Yorkers say they will reduce or find another way to travel to Manhattan.
than driving there. It will be interesting to see if this position remains stable after the tolls go into effect,” said Siena’s Greenberg.
Regarding other matters:
— 67% of voters support banning transgender athletes from competing against girls.
Voters asked whether high school athletes should only compete against “others of the same sex assigned to them at birth.”
Again, there was full support for the transgender ban, supported by 64% of all New York City voters (including 52% of Democrats).
Voters are dissatisfied with the country and its current state under the Democratic Party of Japan.
— 64% of voters say the United States is heading in the wrong direction, and 53% think the state is heading in the wrong direction.
— President Biden is gaining support from voters in Democratic-leaning New York state, with a 55% disapproval rate on jobs.
He only leads the unpopular Donald Trump, who is on trial, 47% to 37%. The rest are undecided.
A majority of voters say Trump’s hush-money criminal trial in Manhattan is legal, but 30%, mostly Republicans, say it is a witch hunt.
— Gov. Kathy Hochul is in a precarious position with voters. Only 40% of voters view her favorably and only 45% approve of her job performance, the lowest numbers for a state leader.
—82% of respondents said the influx of immigrants is a serious problem, and a majority of voters said Biden, Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams have failed in handling the crisis. Results reflect previous voting results.
— 76% of voters say shoplifting is a big problem for New York stores, and 55% think crime in New York is getting worse.
— Only 44% support U.S. military and economic aid to Israel, while 41% oppose it, largely due to divisions within the Democratic Party.
— A majority of New Yorkers support expanding aid to Ukraine — 54% in favor, 35% opposed, up 3 points from the February poll.
— Reparations: Voters are sharply divided on whether to provide reparations to descendants of black slaves, with 47% in favor and 46% against. There are racial disparities, with nearly 90% of black voters supporting the bill, while the majority of white voters oppose it.
— New Yorkers are divided on whether to ban the Chinese-owned social media video app TikTok, with 43% in favor and 45% opposed.
— A slight majority of respondents, 52%, oppose a national ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, while 41% support it.
— 75% of voters support protecting access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) for all Americans, and 69% support strengthening protections to protect members of the LGBTQ community.
— Voters are divided along partisan lines over whether parent organizations can override educators’ decisions about what books to provide to students. Overall, 48% agreed and 45% opposed.
However, 69% of Republicans supported parental controls, while 62% of Democrats opposed them.
The Siena College poll was conducted April 15-17 among 806 state registered voters.
The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 percentage points.
