Are you kidding me?
President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday ordered a halt to New York City’s congestion pricing system, which thins traffic and funds mass transit by imposing high tolls on drivers entering some parts of Manhattan.
Launched on Jan. 5, the city’s system uses license plate readers to impose a $9 toll on most passenger cars entering Manhattan neighborhoods south of Central Park. In its early days, transit officials say the toll has brought modest but measurable traffic reductions.
Funny how they run on this mythic yesteryear of the fifties… yet neglect the notion that the fifties were funded by the highest wealth taxes, street cars were everywhere, and there were MASSIVE public works projects EVERYWHERE.
I don’t get it either, we do it in the UK too.
How is it that he has this power?
MTA says he doesn’t have that power, and the toll program will continue unless ordered to stop by a court.
https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/d0d7398bc4e60a2f/7ae68b5d-full.pdf
The mayor of NYC is facing corruption charges, and Trump has the power to pardon him. So Mayor Adams is a puppet of Trump.
What authority do the feds have here? More nonsense to demoralize and distract.
States rights
To bow to our Republican monarch
How can he legally interject into what is clearly a local government matter?
It’s a bummer that New York City has to fund welfare for states that hate them so much, like Kentucky, Mississippi, and Alabama. If that weren’t the case it would be much easier to fund transit improvements.
Hey NYC drivers, just purposely cause traffic. Sit in your car in the middle of the road - by the tens of thousands. You let him take one thing from you, and you’re giving him permission to take everything from you.
I’m guessing the people dumb enough to drive in NYC are not displeased about what Trump did.
They’re already doing this or may as well be
This post (understandably, somewhat) glances over cheeto calling himself King when he declared this on twatter
Yeah, I didn’t even see that until this morning. I just saw this article on ground news and figured I’d share it
Yeah it’s a reference to the president’s day protests. He’s mocking you.
States rights, amirite?
How the FUCK has he the authority to do that?
Isn’t Mayor Adams now Trump’s bitch because he ordered the corruption chargers dropped?
Yes.
Not only that is that they were filed to be dismissed without prejudice so, if he doesn’t cooperate, they can simply refile the charges and throw him in prison.
Totally normal and healthy open corruption
Finding new lows, eh?
