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She delayed it by 6 months because she thought it would hurt some candidates in House elections, and then she reduced the fee by a significant amount when it di
by burkaman 1y ago
She delayed it by 6 months because she thought it would hurt some candidates in House elections, and then she reduced the fee by a significant amount when it did go into effect in January, but it's still working incredibly well.
- fundaThree 1y ago> She delayed it by 6 months because she thought it would hurt some candidates in House elections Did she think that New Jersey residents vote for New York candidates? Do you have a link to the narrative?
- philipov 1y agoWestchester County and Long Island residents vote for New York candidates.
- fundaThree 1y agoFair, I guess I have no clue who on earth would willingly opt into driving into New York in the first place.
- prasadjoglekar 1y agoAnd even further north Putnam and Dutchess Counties pay the MTCD tax. Those are solid red/purple.
- burkaman 1y agoI don't think it made sense either, especially because cutting the congestion pricing revenue last-second meant she had to start talking about raising taxes on the entire state instead, but that is the consensus on what she was thinking. Here's an article about it, she hasn't admitted the election considerations so we can't know for sure: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/09/nyregion/hochul-congestion-pricing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HE8.bbUv.ht11355jmrUR&smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/09/nyregion/hochul-congestio...