From November 2,2022 post.
NEW JERSEY/NEW YORK — This week, 56 different federal, state, and local leaders, state and local chambers of commerce, transportation and agricultural organizations, and tourism and transportation companies came together to express deep concerns to New York’s Traffic Mobility Review Board and stand up against the proposed Congestion Tax.
New York and the MTA’s Congestion Tax could go into effect as early as 2023 and would cost drivers up to $23 dollars a day — more than $5,000 a year — to drive south of 60th Street.
The coalition of businesses, associations, and elected officials include the following:U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5)U.S. Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11)NJ State Senator Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr.NJ State Senator Joe LaganaNJ Assemblywoman Lisa SwainNJ Assemblyman Chris TullyBergen County Executive James Tedesco IIIBorough of Hillsdale Mayor John J. RuoccoBorough of Lodi Mayor Scott A. LunaBorough of Oradell Mayor Dianne Camelo DidioBorough of River Edge Mayor Thomas PapaleoHampton Township Mayor Timothy DooleyTown of Newton Mayor Jason SchlafferWestwood Governing Body Mayor Ray Arroyo Manhattan Chamber of CommerceNew Jersey Chamber of CommerceAmerican Trucking AssociationsTrucking Association of New YorkMotor Truck Association of ConnecticutNew Jersey Motor Truck AssociationNew York Metropolitan Trucking AssociationGreater NJ Motorcoach AssociationLimo Association of New YorkNational Limousine AssociationNew York State Movers & Warehousemen’s AssociationNew Jersey Warehousemen & Movers AssociationNew York State Builders AssociationNational Waste & Recycling AssociationATA Moving & Storage ConferenceNew York Farm BureauNew York State Vegetable Growers AssociationNortheast Dairy Producers AssociationNFIB New YorkNJ Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc.Fair Lawn Chamber of CommerceMidland Park Chamber of CommerceWashington Business Improvement DistrictABC Bus CompanyABC Empire State ChapterAmerican Limousine LLC DBA FMA WorldwideBusieC.H. RobinsonDavEl BostonCoachDavid Thomas TrailwaysDeCamp Bus LinesEurope Limousine Service Inc.JC Tours Inc.Klein’s Bus Service, Inc.Krapf CoachesLeros Point to PointLondon Towncars, Inc.M&S ParkingMusic ExpressPanorama Tours, Inc.Safety Bus Service, Inc.Stout’s Charter Service.
“We are a coalition of businesses, associations, and elected officials who are deeply concerned about the Central Business District (CBD) Tolling Program,” the 56 different businesses, associations, and elected officials wrote in a letter this week to New York’s Traffic Mobility Review Board. “We all have different concerns about precisely how our industries and constituents will be affected by the new Congestion Tax, expected to be up to $23 dollars a day for commuters and potentially much higher for commercial traffic. Beyond affecting drivers and the transportation industry, this new toll will increase labor costs for employers and the price of goods and services for residents of the CBD.”Full text of the letter can be found here.
Original source can be found here.
