Drivers entering the congestion zone through tolled tunnels or the Henry Hudson Parkway on Manhattan’s West Side would receive a credit toward the fees. Drive to go north past the congestion zone would be exempted from the fees. He has pushed this year to overhaul the M.T.A., saying he will not sign a budget without reforms to the authority, and touting congestion pricing as a valuable source of funding for badly needed repairs. “Congestion pricing is the greatest opportunity we have had,” Mr. Cuomo said last week, in an interview on WNYC. “Long Island senators have stated clearly that a fair and equitable congestion pricing plan must include a dedicated revenue stream for infrastructure upgrades to the beleaguered L.I.R.R.,” said Senator Todd Kaminsky, who represents Nassau County.

Source: New York Times March 25, 2019 21:46 UTC