Rockland County, NY – Former State Senator and current State Senate candidate Elijah Reichlin-Melnick issued a statement today condemning the MTA’s approval of congestion pricing:
“Today’s MTA vote approving congestion pricing is another slap in the face to Rockland residents. Without exemptions for people from counties without good transit options, congestion pricing is nothing but a regressive tax that burdens middle-class and working families the most.
“Rocklanders still don’t have consistent and viable public transit options into New York City. Until that happens, this new toll will not reduce traffic coming from Rockland and will unfairly tax working people up to thousands of dollars per year. We must make significant infrastructure investments west of the Hudson River, and Rockland County needs to be exempt from congestion pricing until that investment is completed.”