**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE **
PRESS RELEASE FOR: Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Contact: Winthrop Roosevelt // 617-680-0158 // [email protected]
NEW YORK – Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine today issued the following statement regarding the postponement of the implementation of congestion pricing:
“We have paralyzing levels of traffic in midtown and downtown. This is slowing emergency response times, harming the climate, and serving as an enormous drag on our economy. Meanwhile, our public transit system faces desperate capital needs for station renovations, accessibility improvements, signaling upgrades, the extension of the Second Ave Subway, and more. Today’s news leaves us with dire questions about how we will address these crises.”
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