ALBANY, New York — Gov. Kathy Hochul’s fellow Democrats won’t bail her out after she abruptly yanked support for a contentious New York City toll plan. A stopgap measure to replace $15 ...
After her 11th-hour decision to “indefinitely pause” New York City’s upcoming congestion pricing program ignited an unprecedented firestorm of criticism from lawmakers, editorial boards, business ...
Although the governor said she long feared the program might hurt New York City’s economy, she never disclosed her reservations, leaving some feeling betrayed. By Grace Ashford, Dana Rubinstein ...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday defended her decision to block a plan to reduce New York City traffic and raise billions for its ailing subway system through a new toll on Manhattan drivers ...
Hochul said the main driver of her decision, which came just three weeks before authorities were going to start collecting the toll, is affordability. "Let's be real, a $15 charge may not mean a ...
New Yorker lawmakers ended the legislative session without plugging the MTA funding gap caused by Gov. Kathy Hochul's abrupt cancellation of the June 30 congestion pricing launch. The failure to ...
Gov. Hochul entirely right: Smartphones don’t belong in school. It’s not just that they’re a needless distraction: They’re toxic to children’s development. They enable addiction to ...
On Wednesday, Governor Kathy Hochul performed one of the great rug-pulls in New York history, telling the Metropolitan Transit Authority “indefinitely” to pause Gotham’s imminent congestion-pricing ...
New Yorkers are currently contemplating a terrifying question: What if the subways and buses, which for years have been wracked with service delays, overcrowding and faulty heat or cooling systems ...