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Those in favor of congestion pricing say that such a proposal could generate $ 1 billion in funds for the subway, annually, according to the Wall Street Journal.

On Friday even some past critics of congestion pricing said the ideas hold promise for addressing gridlock while raising funds for the city's beleaguered subway system.

Not exact matches

The chances of congestion pricing being enacted this year are «tenuous at best» — but there's still a chance for a «phased in» plan, Cuomo said.

I've sat with the organization, I was very supportive of congestion pricing so any option that provides something similar, I'm open to exploring it and seeing what kind of support it can get,» Mark - Viverito said.

«The mayor is, as far as I can tell, struggling to find any and all excuses to not acknowledge that congestion pricing is not only the best solution for raising money for transit, but also for slashing congestion in New York City,» said Matthiessen, who added Move New York was in the process of reaching out to Cuomo's office to discuss concepts.

Among the vocal critics of congestion pricing is Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has said he has yet to see an equitable proposal for outer - bough drivers and is trying to gain state support for his own plan to fund the MTA subway system.

After Cuomo delivered his annual State of the State address in Albany, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said he couldn't currently support imposing congestion pricing on commuters.

While state leaders continue negotiating budget details ahead of their deadline this Sunday, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate most known for her role as Miranda Hobbes in «Sex and the City» said congestion pricing shouldn't be limited to new fees on companies like Uber and Lyft, as some in Albany have proposed.

«Today, Governor Cuomo and the [congestion pricing] panel have taken the first steps toward truly fixing our subway crisis and relieving unrelenting traffic congestion in Manhattan,» said Nick Sifuentes, Executive Director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign.

Commissioner Trottenberg, asked 3 times, will not say whether de Blasio administration supports the concept of congestion pricing for NYC.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a recent news conference he likes the idea of getting more cars off the streets but that there are «serious fairness issues when it comes to congestion pricing.»

Asked if congestion pricing would pass the Senate, Sen. Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre), a critic of the plan, said, «Right now, it's 50 - 50.»

«Instead of having to put toll gantries on four bridges, which is no mean feat, you have to put them on every exit to the FDR [Drive],» said Bruce Schaller, who helped put together the Bloomberg - era congestion pricing plan.

«I've been monitoring traffic congestion for nearly a half century, and it's the worst it's ever been,» said traffic engineer Sam Schwartz, who served on the governor's panel and is a decades - long proponent of congestion pricing.

I've never seen an example of it that I thought was fair,» de Blasio said of congestion pricing last year.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is mulling a congestion pricing plan in Manhattan, said Monday the state is capable of placing tolls anywhere in the Big Apple.

The chances of congestion pricing being enacted this year are «tenuous at best» — but there's still a chance for a «phased in» plan, Gov. Cuomo said Friday.

The transportation advocacy group Move New York said the mayor should include congestion pricing in his plan to decrease the number of cars that enter the city.

«Provided it is well targeted, a national road pricing scheme of this type could reduce congestion by some 50 per cent below what it otherwise would be in 2025 and reduce the economic case for additional strategic road infrastructure by some 80 per cent,» it says.

Though Governor Andrew Cuomo has expressed support for instituting a congestion pricing program to reduce street congestion in Manhattan and create a dedicated source of revenue for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), and said that he is fighting for such a scheme in state budget negotiations, the governor has recently indicated that he may only be able to win a modest first step, raising the ire of those expecting more.

• The Daily News, which lambasted the Assembly speaker with a front - page headline reading «SHELL GAME OF SHAME,» wrote a staff editorial saying he «never gave congestion pricing a fair shot.»

• The Feds are insistent on their Monday deadline for approval of Bloomberg's congestion - pricing plan, the mayor says, and Shelly Silver's Assembly doesn't even have plans to reconvene to discuss it.

«The only way to address congestion, fully fund the MTA and improve transportation outside of Manhattan is through a comprehensive congestion pricing plan where everyone pays their fair share,» she said.

«Though I have been a critic of congestion pricing in the past and still remain skeptical, the plan released today... offers a wide variety of innovative suggestions,» Democratic Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. said.

Republican Senate Leader John Flanagan, of Long Island, criticized congestion pricing earlier this month, and on Friday his spokesman, Scott Reif, said Republican lawmakers remain wary of any proposal that makes New York City less affordable.

Those who were around for the debate over congestion pricing in Albany the first time say it wasn't just the details of the plan that led it to fall apart, it was how it got sprung on lawmakers at the last minute.

Massey did say that he opposes any congestion pricing plan or imposition of tolls on City - owned East River bridges.

Torbjorn Heierson, a regional director for the Swedish Association of Road Transport Companies, which represents the hauling industry, said that he has come to see the benefits of congestion pricing.

Instead of using the phrase, the governor said he favored an «exclusive zone in Manhattan where additional charges could be paid,» which came across to many as hinting at congestion pricing.

Cuomo, who is mulling a congestion pricing plan in Manhattan, said the state is capable of placing tolls anywhere in the Big Apple.

The NY Daily News urges de Blasio to get on board with Cuomo's call for congestion pricing to provide a revenue stream for the NYC transit system, saying it's that or a fare hike, because the mayor's idea of taxing the rich is a non-starter in Albany.

Robin Chase, a co-founder of Zipcar, Veniam and the Shared Mobility Principles for Livable Cities, say Albany leaders not only «punted» on congestion pricing, but «also may have undermined its viability in New York and across the country for a generation.»

With the budget deadline looming, Alex Matthiessen, the founder and director of Move NY, an early proponent of congestion pricing that has expanded into the Fix NYC Transit coalition, said supporters were pushing hard to ensure that infrastructure funding for a congestion zone be included in the budget.

Scott Reif, a spokesman for the Senate, said that the absence of congestion pricing from their one - house budget «indicated that more discussion was necessary on this issue.»

«With his bold embrace of congestion pricing, the governor is providing the kind of leadership that New Yorkers are starving for,» Mr. Matthiessen said.

«That was a missed opportunity,» said Alex Matthiessen, the leader of Move NY, a group that has continued to push congestion pricing and recently unveiled its own proposal.

Mr. Cuomo has repeatedly said that congestion pricing is one of his priorities.

When asked about times they had bucked their respective parties, Weprin said he had spoken out publicly against Obama's stance that Israel go back to its pre-1967 borders as part of the Middle East peace process and that he stood up to Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D - Manhattan) on term limits and congestion pricing.

The governor's comments came a day after de Blasio said he does not support the concept of congestion pricing, an idea that Cuomo says time has come.

A spokesman for Mr. Bloomberg, Marc La Vorgna, said the former mayor contributed by fighting vigorously to get the state to adopt a congestion pricing plan that would have provided a huge amount of revenue.

«I'm someone who had a lot of doubts about congestion pricing, but I said what his commission did was actually a breath of fresh air compared to the previous proposals we had seen,» de Blasio continued.

Cuomo said a proposal for a congestion pricing plan that would charge tolls to drive into a specific zone of Manhattan will be released later in the week by a Fix NYC panel he created.

Congestion pricing is «not a vague term,» said Jon Orcutt, director of communications and advocacy at Transit Center.

Meanwhile, de Blasio faces two potential roadblocks: Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who says he's exploring a different revenue stream of ways to use congestion pricing to pay for subway repairs, and the state Senate, CBS2's Marcia Kramer reported.

Matthiessen said the plan is different from former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's congestion - pricing initiative and would help bring in money «toward aggressively filling transit gaps» in parts of the outer boroughs and the suburbs.

Cuomo has said he would propose some type of congestion - pricing plan that would charge motorists entering busy parts of Manhattan at peak hours, with the revenue generated going to the MTA.

The article pasted below - Listen To The Protest And Just Go Local - essentially says that the party is opposed to a national programme of road - pricing but in the spirit of the party's new emphasis on localism, it supports the freedom of local government units to choose their own models - like Ken Livingstone's congestion charge.

«We are considering a number of proposals... that include how to introduce different forms of congestion pricing, including potential fees on for - hire vehicles,» said a Cuomo official, who noted that the administration has been testing out «reverse congestion pricing» by cutting truck tolls in half at night.

Albanese supports a proposed congestion pricing initiative, known as Move New York, to impose tolls on the three East River bridges to help fund the subways; while de Blasio called congestion pricing a «regressive tax» and stressed that his proposal for a millionaire's tax to fund subway repairs was a more viable alternative, even though his proposal has largely been shot down by the GOP - controlled state Senate and de Blasio sees it passing only once Democrats take control of that house of the Legislature in January 2019, which de Blasio said was soon.

The mayor did not acknowledge the existence of the Move New York plan, instead appearing to again reference the fact that Cuomo — who has said it is time to reconsider congestion pricing and is expected to unveil his own proposal in January — has not yet outlined his own proposal.