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The congestion pricing plan has been expected to bring in roughly $1 billion a year in revenues, that the MTA would then borrow against to fund $15 million in capital projects.

The Central Business District Tolling Program was mandated by the State in April 2019 and modeled on urban congestion pricing programs around the world to reduce traffic congestion and raise needed revenue to improve public transportation.

Gov. Kathy Hochul's eleventh-hour decision to halt New York's congestion pricing program put a big question mark on $15 billion in mass transit capital

New York Governor Kathy Hochul said she decided to pause the plan to charge drivers entering New York City.

Overdue improvements to the station include better signage and wayfinding, pedestrian-friendly connections, and accessibility upgrades.

The success or failure of Gov. Kathy Hochul's marquee transit proposal, the Interborough Express (IBX) connecting Brooklyn and Queens by light rail, is centered on a short, skinny tunnel underneath a Queens cemetery that the MTA says requires the line to be routed away from existing railroad tracks and onto the street.

The success or failure of Gov. Kathy Hochul's marquee transit proposal, the Interborough Express (IBX) connecting Brooklyn and Queens by light rail, is

ALBANY, N.Y. — Assemblyman Brian Miller, R, C-New Hartford, has issued the following statement on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed budget. “After hearing Governor Hochul’s $233 billion executive budget proposal today, it is clear that New York has a spending problem and that this level of funding is unsustainable,” he said. “While there are certain facets […]

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday proposed a $233 billion budget that would include about $2.4 billion for the migrant crisis, vowing not to raise taxes but declaring that the state “must support the City of New York in this moment.” The governor continued her calls for more federal support to assist with the asylum seeker surge — saying that she would visit Washington, D.C., on Friday ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul expressed her support for extending mayoral control of the city's public schools by four years, aligning herself with one of the Adams administration's key objectives for this legislative session.