State Senate Newcomers Endorse Congestion Pricing
The idea of instituting congestion pricing in Manhattan continued to gain momentum as six incoming members of the New York state Senate went on record as strongly supporting the proposal.
Brooklyn senators-elect Andrew Gounardes (Bay Ridge-Southwest Brooklyn), Zellnor Myrie (Crown Heights-parts of Park Slope, Sunset Park) and Julia Salazar (Bushwick-parts of Williamsburg), all Democrats, were among the group that issued a joint statement last Wednesday calling for congestion pricing legislation.
Congestion pricing, which would require state approval, involves charging motorists a toll to drive into Manhattan. The funds that are generated by the toll would be used to fix the city’s beleaguered transit system.