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Congestion pricing was agreed to in 2019. Expected revenue was used to budget quite a few projects; this caused a bit of a scare when Hochul put it on hold for

• CryptoBanker 11mo ago
  The loans backed by congestion pricing revenue weren't taken out until this year https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-07/ny-mta-gets-500-million-loan-backed-by-congestion-toll-revenue https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-07/ny-mta-ge... That money you're talking about was money that was already spent to implement congestion pricing
  • ceejayoz 11mo ago
    One specific loan was taken out this year. (And planning tends to preceed the actual loans.)
    • CryptoBanker 11mo ago
      Planning is not the same as spending
      • JumpCrisscross 11mo ago
        It’s not shovel-ready spending. But it’s absolutely part of the process, and not one you can skip in a democracy.
      • CryptoBanker 11mo ago
        That article was about expenses related to implementing congestion pricing, so I'm not sure what your argument is here