The new tolls will charge most drivers $15 to enter Manhattan's Central Business District below 60th Street. They're expected to start as early as June.
NEW YORK -- Congestion pricing passed a final Metropolitan Transportation Authority board vote Wednesday, and some drivers are not happy about it.The plan — the first of its kind in the U.S. — implements a $15 fee during the day for almost all drivers entering Manhattan's Central Business District, anywhere south of 60th Street. Drivers who already paid a toll to use the tunnels will pay a reduced fee. Several groups of drivers will be exempt, the majority of which are government workers.
officers were at the ready with barricades up and tensions high outside, and inside, MTA headquarters ahead of Wednesday's final vote to approve congestion pricing fees. MTA boss Janno Lieber looked on as the public had its final say on making drivers pay more to enter Manhattan. 'Congestion does have to be battled, but a tax isn't the way to do it,' one person said. 'The inconvenience to the ambulance drivers, teachers.
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