Trump kills congestion pricing: Letters to the Editor Feb. 21, 2025
The Issue: The federal Transportation Department revoked its approval of NY’s congestion-pricing scheme.The editorial board’s points about the MTA’s perpetual fiscal woes and ongoing mismanagement hit the mark (“Big Win for the Little Guy,” Editorial, Feb.20).But you left out the strongest argument for denying congestion-pricing toll revenue: the hundreds of millions the MTA loses every year by turning a blind eye to turnstile jumpers.
It shouldn’t get another dime until it fixes that.Bob WilsonHunter’s PointPresident Trump is trying to kill Gov.Hochul’s congestion-pricing program, calling it unfair to the working class.What’s really unfair is that New York has one of the highest tax rates in the country.Where is all our money going? I suggest that The Post asks New Yorkers whether they want DOGE to investigate where all our tax dollars are spent.Owen KellyValley StreamHochul’s insistence on pushing this universally unpopular tax defies logic and any sense of political self-awareness.
It underscores just how out of touch she and fellow Democrats are.Hochul would be wise to take a page from the DOGE play book and start investigating fraud, waste and corruption in her own state.Michael D’AuriaBronxvillePresident Trump kept his word, and the federal government has promised to kill the commuter tax here in New York.Now I’d like to say: Power to the people!This is an unpopular program.
I work for a plumbing supply house, and we transport supplies by private contractors who have to charge more when they go into Manhattan, and in turn, we have to charge customers more.Congestion pricing negatively affects many companies and hardworking people.Frederick Bedell Jr.BelleroseIn the most heavily taxed city and state in the country, Gov.Hochul and the MTA are crying poverty because the federal government is ending congestion pricing.I suggest that President Trump call Hochul and MTA CEO Janno Lieber and offer the services of Elon Musk and the DOGE tea...