NYC’s Imminent $15 Congestion Pricing Plan Faces New Opposition

NYC’s Imminent $15 Congestion Pricing Plan Faces New Opposition
Traffic moves through downtown Manhattan in New York City on April 21, 2023. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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The controversial $15 congestion pricing toll set to go into effect this summer for nearly everyone entering Midtown Manhattan is facing a potential roadblock after the head of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) largest union came out in opposition.

The head of the Transport Workers Union (TWU), John Samuelsen, told The Epoch Times that the proposed $15 daily toll to enter Midtown or Lower Manhattan would do nothing to improve transportation in the city while hurting the lower and middle-class workers who depend on it the most.

Matthew Lysiak
Matthew Lysiak
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Matthew Lysiak is a nationally recognized journalist and author of “Newtown” (Simon and Schuster), “Breakthrough” (Harper Collins), and “The Drudge Revolution.” The story of his family is the subject of the series “Home Before Dark” which premiered April 3 on Apple TV Plus.
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