Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free

Thank you to @NYGovCuomo for his leadership and the thousands of essential workers driving to their jobs to keep NY running. Please remember to stay safe, stay healthy, and look out for your fellow neighbor during the #coronavirus crisis.

DeBlasio and his administration can’t even handle the abuse of parking placards by cops, judges, and elected officials. #congestionpricing will just be another mismanaged and abused project for @NYCMayor and his cronies.

.@FeinbergSarah, the interim president of the TA, stated that “There are people who do not work [for the MTA] who we are paying”. Seems like they have money to spare, so why are we being forced to bailout this money pit with plans like #congestionpricing?

The #MTA during a pandemic is still unsafe. As essential workers drive into the city, congestion pricing will only be harming those fighting for New York to recover.

Congestion pricing disproportionately affects the lower and middle class, so as traffic picks up again in the city as people return to work, why should the working class be the ones doing all the heavy lifting?

Congestion Pricing won’t lower CO2 emissions in NYC, it will only force the hard working middle class to pay for it.

A third MTA track is still under construction by the MTA. The MTA can still manage to carry out projects while in a $10 billion deficit but apparently cannot stay out of the pockets of drivers through #congestionpricing bit.ly/3dzj567

The MTA in a $10.6 billion deficit and now is “holding” its $51.5 billion modernization project. They are hoping that the government can move #congestionpricing to cover this debt and its modernization project. The people paying for it will not be using it bit.ly/3fW0d2C

If the fed gives the MTA a $4 billion bailout, the MTA will still be in a $7 billion deficit. Still the MTA continues with expensive projects & are hoping to fill the budget gap by the money of drivers through #congestionpricing instead of their own riders bit.ly/3dzj567

The MTA has put a hold on its $51.5 billion modernization plan. The budget short falls are being presented to push the burden of this price tag to NYC commuter through #congestionpricing. bit.ly/3fW0d2C

Portland's plan to implement congestion pricing should be a big warning to New Yorkers: a project that cost $450M is now projected to cost over $800M, and that does not include the tax to charge drivers commuting to their jobs. bit.ly/2BcNHNk @OPB @Jeffmapes @SenKennedy

#congestionpricing is another tax that will keep NYC from a recovery - why would you want to pay double to commute to work when you can do so elsewhere or remotely? There is no need to hurt New Yorkers with more taxes - it will hurt NYC's ability to fund social programs for years

MTA is cutting free transfers for NYC's poorest areas. How can we trust the #MTA to not raise tolls to tax families out of NYC? To echo Eric Adams, commuters deserve transparency from the MTA, which is anything but when it comes to #congestionpricing bit.ly/3h4BkTH

With talk of the ethical & privacy infringements of COVID-19 contact tracing, is the surveillance scheme of #congestionpricing going being given a free pass? What assurances do we have that #congestionpricing won't be another tool to share that data with ICE&companies?#SneakyMTA

The #MTA system is inherently flawed and disproportionately impacts outer borough low-income families. #congestionpricing is a tool to that will keep gentrifying NYC and taxing New York families. We need leaders to follow Vancouver in creating a system that is equal & impact-free

#congestionpricing money will not go to 'fix the #MTA,' including adding more subway service. Officials openly discourage the use of public transit when social distancing is impossible Read more on how commuters are scared by @MTA unaccountable service: bit.ly/3h8S3FF