Please find attached a letter of opposition issued by Senator Skoufis to key stakeholders involved in the development of the CBD tolling (‘congestion pricing’) program:
“…Unfortunately, the proposed tolling schemes disrespect and disenfranchise west-of-Hudson New Yorkers who essentially have no access to a one-seat train ride, the least number of schedules – by far – in the MTA system, and no toll-free bridges into Manhattan like those that exist on the East River. If west-of-Hudson had access to a one-seat train ride into Manhattan, something we have waited generations for only to have the rug pulled out from us in previous proposals, this would be a different conversation…”