![]() "It’s not right to suddenly drop a $23 dollar-a-day, or $5,000-a-year bill, on top of the $17 dollars they pay to enter this tunnel every day, not including gas or nearly $35 dollars to park," Gottheimer said. ![]() Gottheimer has introduced legislation in the meantime intended to aid commuters, which includes laborers, nurses and restaurant workers who can't afford the added costs. The MTA hasn’t determined how much to charge drivers, but options include fares ranging from $9 to $23 for passenger vehicles. Gottheimer, who co-chairs the Congressional Anti-Congestion Tax Caucus, called the tax plan “absurd” and “anti-environment.” He said a full environmental study should be done and he intends to submit a comment during the 30-day review period demanding the Biden administration reconsider the decision. New York’s plan also includes no expansion of New York City subway’s seven line to Secaucus Junction, a proposed solution that would provide a commuting alternative and get cars off the road, Menendez said. The assessment spells out, in seven different tolling scenarios, how much motorists may have to pay to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street with potential rates for non-commercial vehicles ranging from 9 to 23 during peak periods and from 5 to 12 during the overnight hours. Biden finally signed off on the long-awaited proposal. The congestion tax shifts money from the Port Authority to the MTA, Menendez said, which could threaten the Port Authority’s ability to improve the PATH service and add more riders. Biden has finally signed off on New York City's plan to charge a fee to drive into certain parts of Manhattan. “We’re going to keep fighting the cash-grabbing MTA.” “New York City wants this because they want cash in their pockets,” Menendez said. ![]() Basically congestion pricing says the Administration. Anyone who drives south of 60th street would have to pay the toll, aside from those who stay on the FDR Highway, Westside Highway or Hugh L. The congestion tax is intended to reduce gridlock in New York City’s busiest areas, but opponents of the tax say it will harm the environment and impose a financial burden on hardworking families who commute into the city. gestion pricing only adds unnecessary taxation to the passenger who uses NY / NJ area airports. Rob Menendez and Josh Gottheimer at a press conference outside the Holland Tunnel come a few days after the Biden administration approved an environmental review of the plan, giving the Metropolitan Transit Authority the green light to begin charging drivers entering central Manhattan at peak times. New York’s congestion pricing plan would harm New Jersey residents by pushing traffic and air pollution into communities surrounding the city, two Democratic members of Congress from North Jersey said Tuesday. ![]()
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