Gov. Hochul says will bring back congestion pricing when the city's economy is back on firm footing, but the Mayor Adams has been saying for years that the city's economy is roaring again.
CeFaan Kim is live at City Hall with more on Mayor Eric Adams ' response to the postponement of congestion pricing .In the wake of New York City's congestion pricing pause, Mayor Eric Adams made it clear on Tuesday that it was Gov. Kathy Hochul's decision to delay the controversial tolls indefinitely and says he's trusting her and state lawmakers to come up with a solution to fund needed mass transit upgrades.
She says when the city's economy is back on firm footing, but the Mayor Adams has been saying for years that the city's economy is roaring again.Adams on Tuesday found himself unexpectedly at odds with Gov. Hochul when it comes to congestion pricing. He's got her back on her decision to hit the pause button.But maybe not so much when it comes to her rationale. When pumping the brakes on the plan, the governor cited a city economy that hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic.
"We've been monitoring a lot of information, a lot of data points about the economic recovery," said Hochul on Monday. "Starting in December for example, we thought that this year inflation was going to be lower. That more people would be back on the subways. That we'd have more buildings than have individuals in them.""The city is humming. Humming," he said.
As for when the governor gave the mayor a heads up, the mayor says that she called him about two weeks prior to "share her thoughts," and then once she made her final decision, he says they spoke again that evening.
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