Breaking: Hochul floats last-minute delay to congestion pricing

The move comes less than a month before the years-in-the-making congestion pricing program is set to begin. [View this email in a browser.]( Gothamist relies on your support to make local news available to all. Not yet a member? [Consider donating and join today.]( [Gov. Hochul floats last-minute delay to NYC congestion pricing amid political pressure]( New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is floating a plan to delay the long-awaited congestion tolls on drivers in part of Manhattan and possibly replace the lost revenue with a tax on New York City businesses, according to six people briefed on the plan. Hochul is making the proposal less than a month before the years-in-the-making congestion pricing program is [set to begin](. The tolls, set to be levied on June 30, would include a $15 base fare for drivers traveling below 60th Street. [Read More]( [We Rely On Your Support]( [New York Public Radio] [WNYC]( | [WQXR]( | [NJPR]( | [GOTHAMIST]( [WNYC STUDIOS]( | [THE GREENE SPACE]( Copyright © New York Public Radio. All rights reserved. 160 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013 [TERMS OF USE]( You can update your [PREFERENCES]( or [UNSUBSCRIBE]( from this list.