Panel weighs MTA's congestion pricing tolls and exemptions

We are supported by our readers. Consider donating to fund the local reporting you rely on. [View in Browser]( Monday October 2, 2023 [Donate now]( ADVERTISEMENT [Panel weighs MTA's congestion pricing tolls and carve-outs]( [Dozens of vehicles, including yellow cabs, trucks, vans and buses, sit in traffic near 42nd Street.]( [Commuter buses and certain government vehicles should be exempt from the tolls, according to a transportation panel.]( ADVERTISEMENT More Stories From Today [The Manhattan beach project took four years to complete.]( [Manhattan unveils its first public beach along the Hudson River]( [The entirety of the project from design to construction took four years to complete.]( [Mifepristone, also known as RU-486, is a medication typically used in combination with misoprostol to bring about a medical abortion during pregnancy and manage early miscarriage.]( [NYC’s public hospitals to offer abortion pills via telehealth, despite uncertainty in courts]( [Starting this week, NYC Health + Hospitals will offer patients the option of getting an abortion from home by consulting with a clinician via telemedicine and then receiving the pills in the mail.]( [Paris, as seen from the Seine]( [Extra Extra: You know what they call bedbugs in Paris?]( [Because le bedbugs have descended on the 2024 Olympics host city, here are your end-of-day links: Trump Tower's end of an era, fake license plate shenanigans, yule log video prompts an FDNY response and more.]( [A picture of a drink in a cocktail glass with steam]( [13 fall drinks from NYC coffee shops that aren’t Pumpkin Spice Lattes]( [No shade to PSL lovers, but New York City’s baristas are getting creative.]( [Mayor Eric Adams sits behind a table during a storm briefing, where he's flanked by two aides.]( [Mayor Adams heading to Colombian jungle in Latin America tour amid tense migrant crisis]( [The mayor's visit includes visits to the Darién gap, Colombia, Mexico and Ecuador.]( [High up views of Soho in Manhattan, a series of brick buildings with red, tan and white hues.]( [US Supreme Court rejects challenge to NY’s rent stabilization laws, but two cases linger]( [Landlord groups are trying to topple New York's rent stabilization system, which caps legal yearly rent increases on roughly 1 million apartments in New York City.]( [A cell block is seen at Rikers Island Correctional Center in the East River on March 9, 2021 in New York City.]( [Rikers watchdog wins back 'unfettered' access to live video from NYC jails]( [One Board of Correction member said eight months without independent video access has hurt the watchdog group’s ability to monitor what’s happening at Rikers.]( [Patrick Pespas attends the NY premiere of the HBO Docuseries "Telemarketers" at Hudson Yards on July 26, 2023 in New York City. cisano/Getty Images for HBO)]( [Pat Pespas, star of HBO's N.J.-based 'Telemarketers' docudrama, is missing]( [Police say he may be operating a white 2002 Ford Mustang with New Jersey license plates.]( ADVERTISEMENT [Support Us]( Follow Gothamist on [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]() [Gothamist]() [WNYC Studios]() [NJPR]( [WQXR]() [New Sounds]() Copyright © New York Public Radio, 160 Varick St., New York, NY 10013. All rights reserved. [Terms of Use]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list.