Sentences with phrase «idea of congestion pricing»

Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to tax the wealthy (you know, again), and Governor Cuomo has floated the idea of Congestion Pricing 2.0, which will likely bear little resemblance to the first iteration.

Recently, The Cuomo Administration floated the idea of congestion pricing 2.0.

Both championed the idea of congestion pricing, a policy Cuomo is expected to include in his forthcoming State of the State address.

The governor has also thrown support behind the idea of congestion pricing, which could raise upward of $ 1.5 billion annually for MTA fixes.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is exploring the idea of congestion pricing for New York City to raise money for the state's troubled subway system, according to a Cuomo administration official.

The governor has not yet offered any details on what his idea of congestion pricing will look like on the streets of New York.

Meantime, Governor Cuomo has suggested revisiting the idea of congestion pricing on the bridges and tunnels coming into Manhattan, but the mayor says he does not believe in congestion pricing.

A proposal to charge motorists nearly $ 12 to drive into the busiest parts of Manhattan provoked protests and complaints even before it was released Friday, though there are signs the idea of congestion pricing is quietly gaining momentum in the nation's largest city.

Like New York, London flirted with the idea of congestion pricing for decades before finally creating an eight - square - mile congestion zone in the center of the city in 2003.

While the governor discussed the issue in Rochester, state Assembly Democrats were behind closed doors a few hundred miles south in Manhattan discussing the MTA crisis and the ideas of congestion pricing and the millionaires tax.

Mayor de Blasio has also opposed the idea of congestion pricing.

Cuomo embraced the idea of congestion pricing — an idea to charge motorists for entering Manhattan's core.