Meet the doorman, waitress, taxi driver and other NYC commuters who could be forced to pay over $2K in congestion pricing tolls

It’s going to take a toll.Many working-class New Yorkers aren’t buying Gov.Kathy Hochul’s pitch for her revamped congestion pricing plan.The governor’s office cast the $9 daytime base toll — down from $15 as originally — as “putting commuters first,” but Midtown workers who spoke to The Post Thursday said it would still eat into their paychecks and threaten business.Most were daily commuters into the congestion zone south of 60th Street in Manhattan, which puts them on track to pay roughly $2,300 a year in tolls.Here’s what they had to say:Congestion pricing could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back twice over for Midtown doorman David Viscaino.Viscaino, 31, commutes daily from Scotch Plains, New Jersey — a trip that already requires him to pay tolls to drive through the Lincoln Tunnel.Adding congestion pricing means Viscaino will have to pay double for his 90-minute drive to Midtown and back every Monday through Friday, he said.“It’s not fair,” he said.“As soon as you get in the Lincoln Tunnel you’re already paying $13 to $15 and now we’re going to get charged another $9.”Congestion pricing alone likely would cost Viscaino $45 a week, assuming he arrives in the peak period of 5 a.m.

to 9 p.m.when tolls hit their new $9 daytime rate.Public transit isn’t a realistic option, Viscaino said, because he said it would take him close to two hours each way and he’d have to leave home at 5 a.m.Viscaino said there’s only so much he can afford to pay and still support his wife and 9-year-old son.“I’m paying gas, parking and now two tolls just to get to work,” he said.“That’s not all I pay.

I’m paying the parking meter because the parking’s not free.And if you get a ticket, that’s $65 and if you don’t pay it in time it goes up to $75.

You need to have money for everything.”When the congestion toll takes effect in January, Viscaino said he’ll be looking for options to work outside New York.So long, taxi tip...