NYC starts driver congestion charging despite opposition
NEW YORK—New York launched a controversial scheme Sunday to charge drivers entering parts of the city, a first in the United States, putting local authorities on a collision course with President-elect Donald Trump.
State Governor Kathy Hochul announced in November that drivers entering areas of Manhattan south of Central Park would pay a daytime toll of $9.
That plan revives one, originally with a $15 base fee, that she paused in June, saying there were “too many unintended consequences for New Yorkers.”
Republican lawmakers have called on Trump, a native New Yorker who has vowed to kill the program if elected, to intervene to terminate it.
Areas neighboring New York City have argued to no avail that a charge would hurt their businesses and impair their residents’ ability to commute into Manhattan.
