The Trump administration ended New York City’s new climate charging system on Wednesday, commonly known as congestion pricing.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wrote to Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday, informing her that his agency and the Trump administration will end traffic congestion pricing in New York City Plan, which charges drivers for access to the area south of Manhattan 60th Street. [emphasis, links added]
Donald Trump runs for the program, Duffy told Hochul that the federal government will soon remain in touch with the state to “discuss the orderly stop of withdrawal action in his letter ”.
Duffy believes that crowded pricing hits are the toughest job and middle-class people, and New York City’s plans are too broad and aggressive compared to federal law that allows it to be in letters. create.
The letter does not include any specific date or timeline to end the plan, and the Trump administration’s intervention to end congestion pricing could cause legal challenges, according to the New York Times.
Many environmentalists and liberals praised the plan as a means to increase tax revenue while reducing pollution by changing incentives for commuters and possible drivers, but include Democratic New Jersey Governor Phil Phil Murphy ) opponents, including ) have opposed the plan as a return.
Foreign cities have adopted crowded pricing, but New York City is the first city in the United States to launch the version of the policy.
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