Duffy Criticizes NYC Toll Plan

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Trump administration tears up New York’s congestion pricing plan

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New York State’s congestion pricing plan is a “slap in the face to working class Americans and small business owners,” Duffy said in a press release.

The DOT says the program was canceled for two reasons: one was because they believe the scale of the program is “unprecedented” and “provides no toll-free option for many drivers who want or need to travel by vehicle in this major urbanized area.

The second reason the DOT put forward is that the toll was “driven primarily” by efforts to raise money for the state's Metropolitan Transit Authority .

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