possible benefits of congestion pricing to suburban commuters, an influential voting bloc that could decide her political fortun
When congestion pricing made its long-awaited debut in New York City earlier this month, Gov. Kathy Hochul at first steered clear of praising one of the most significant policy acts of her tenure.
Then more than a day after the tolling program began, she told reporters it was great, but she didn’t mention its projected environmental or traffic-reducing benefits or its importance to improving the subway.
“What I want to do for the suburbs — the Hudson Valley — is to shave time off the commute,” she said shortly after riding Metro-North from Hastings-on-Hudson into New York City.
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