$15 toll to enter busiest part of Manhattan will take effect June 30
Transportation officials announced Friday that the $15 toll most drivers will be charged to enter Manhattan’s central business district will begin June 30th. The so-called congestion pricing plan applies a $15 fee to most drivers entering south of 60th Street in Manhattan during the day. Tolls for large vehicles are higher, but tolls for entering […]
Weekend Watch: ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’ shows revolution’s toll
Columbia University protesters Kaimani James He was recently caught on camera declaring that “Zionists have no right to live.” Like many young people currently disrupting campus and civic life across the country, James’s frustrations go far beyond what’s happening in Gaza. He is a staunch opponent of “white supremacy” and a proponent of “decolonization.” From […]
Malliotakis, Gottheimer join forces to stop NYC’s $15 congestion toll
Bipartisan bill aimed at outlawing America’s first controversial $15 ‘traffic congestion’ toll Entry into Manhattan’s business district south of 60th Street was proposed Wednesday by New York State Rep. Nicole Malliotakis and New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer. “The MTA’s congestion pricing plan will extort even more money from commuters, shift traffic from Manhattan to suburban […]
Forensic investigator from true crime docuseries reveals emotional toll of job
Her dream job was often a nightmare. Barbara Butcher spent decades in New York City’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, visiting more than 5,500 death scenes, nearly 700 of them murder cases, including the Carnegie Deli massacre and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Met. She told FOX News Digital that in dealing with victims’ families, […]
NY voters overwhelmingly reject new $15 ‘congestion’ toll: poll
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 […]
Driver dead after fiery crash into Chicago-area toll plaza
A car crashed into a toll plaza on a suburban Chicago highway early Thursday morning, engulfing the toll booth and toll booth in flames and killing the driver, police said. New Jersey school bus catches fire on highway, students and driver flee Illinois State Police said troopers were called to the scene of a vehicle […]
Nationwide alert: SMS phishing attacks target toll road customers
The F.B.I. critical warning About fraud cases that are spreading all over the country. Americans are being targeted by a series of sophisticated SMS phishing, or “smishing” attacks designed to scam them out of fictitious unpaid road tolls. Toll road fraud text (FBI) Rapid increase in fraud Victims have reported to federal authorities that the […]
New Jersey toll worker saved by ‘premonition’
Let’s talk about your sixth sense! A New Jersey toll plaza worker avoided injury or worse because he felt a premonition and took off work on the same day a garbage truck crashed into the toll plaza. said Jessica Daly, who works along the Garden State Parkway. NBC New York She woke up Friday morning […]
‘I Wish I Went To School’: Zendaya Admits Child Stardom Took A Toll
Zendaya admitted that she has mixed feelings about growing up as a child star and being forced to become an adult as a result. She recalled that she entered the world of show business at a young age in the Disney movie Shake It Up and shot to fame in 2017 with her role in […]
Death toll in Mozambique ferry disaster climbs to 98
At least 98 people, including children, were killed when a makeshift ferry carrying people reportedly fleeing a cholera outbreak sank off Mozambique’s northern coast, local media reported on Monday. The ferry with an estimated 130 people on board sank on Sunday after leaving the southeast African coast for the nearby island of Mozambique, leaving at […]