MTA chief defends NYC congestion pricing as toll rolls into first week
MTA Chairman Janno Lieber took to the airwaves to defend City's congestion pricing from what he called “grievance politics” Tuesday, ahead of the second rush-hour under the controversial tolling plan,
NYC congestion pricing meets a typical volume of vehicles on its second workday
Brutally cold temperatures and blustery conditions made for an uncomfortable trek into Manhattan for many on the second day of congestion pricing.
Even after NYC congestion toll, MTA eyes new taxes and fees to plug $33B budget hole
Gov. Kathy Hochul and lawmakers are expected to weigh more taxes and fees to fill a massive $33 billion hole in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s budget even after hitting drivers with the controversial new Manhattan congestion toll.
New congestion pricing toll underway in New York City
New York City's new toll for drivers entering the center of Manhattan began on Sunday, meaning many people will pay $9 to access the busiest part of the Big Apple during peak hours.
NYC congestion pricing in effect as drivers get through first workday commute with new tolls
Congestion pricing is now in effect in NYC, and drivers faced the first weekday commute with the controversial new tolling system.
NYC congestion pricing program has launched, tolling drivers entering 60th Street and below in Manhattan
New York City’s congestion pricing program, charging drivers entering 60th Street and below in Manhattan, started Sunday, with MTA officials optimistic it will loosen traffic-clogged streets, drivers objecting to the first-such plan in the nation and firefighters' labor leaders predicting longer response times.
NYC residents slapped with congestion pricing ‘surcharge’ by fed-up companies paying new toll: ‘Hochul inflation’
Manhattan residents who live in Manhattan south of 60th Street can't escape paying the new congestion toll -- even if they don't drive. Companies making deliveries or providing services are sending out notices that they will add the cost of the congestion toll they pay to customers as a surcharge.
Mystery track defect wearing out NYC subway car wheels has MTA shuffling trains
A mysterious track defect somewhere along a major New York City subway line is wearing out the wheels on subway cars, causing ...
MTA employee victim of 3rd NYC subway stabbing in roughly 24 hours
An MTA employee was stabbed in a subway station in the Bronx Thursday morning. It's the third NYC subway stabbing in a little ...
MTA boss Janno Lieber slammed over mismanagement as NYC congestion toll takes effect — as he dismisses ‘grievance politics’
Janno Lieber brushed off concerns about the agency's mismanagement of its massive $20B budget, dismissing scrutiny of ...
Cops nab homeless man wanted in 2 NYC subway stabs, including attack on MTA cleaner
NYPD cops on Sunday nabbed a homeless man wanted for wounding an off-duty MTA subway cleaner and a second man in a pair of ...
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NYC plans crackdown on obscured license plates as congestion pricing launches
New York City drivers who obscure or cover their license plates to skirt automated tolls and tickets are in for a rude ...
NYC congestion pricing turns Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge into toll trap that hits drivers with $9 charge — even if they’re not heading downtown
The bridge is basically not free anymore,” Felicia Brown, a 40-year-old who works on First Avenue but lives in Queens, told ...
Following court ruling, MTA says NYC congestion pricing remains on track for Jan. 5 launch
Most important, the decision does not interfere with the program’s scheduled implementation this coming Sunday ...' ...