Civil servants – including NYPD and MTA employees – will not be exempt from $15 congestion pricing toll

We are supported by our readers. Consider donating to fund the local reporting you rely on. [View in Browser]( Thursday November 30, 2023 [Donate now]( ADVERTISEMENT [Civil servants – including NYPD and MTA employees – not exempt from $15 congestion pricing toll]( [Toll gantries on a Manhattan street.]( [Ambulances, garbage trucks, police cars and fire trucks don’t have to pay the toll. But private vehicles belonging to those workers are still on the hook.]( ADVERTISEMENT More Stories From Today [A photo showing "daylighting" redesign at Gates and Vanderbilt Avenues, a treatment where parking is eliminated near intersections so cars and pedestrians are more visible.]( [Mayor Adams vows to remove parking spots from 1,000 NYC intersections every year]( [The street safety measure, called “daylighting,” is meant to reduce pedestrian deaths. Officials said traffic fatalities will also be recorded for the first time in CompStat, the NYPD’s weekly published crime data.]( [Vehicles in traffic at Times Square.]( [Extra Extra: New Yorkers spend about 236 hours a year in traffic]( [Because the robot baristas are coming for us, here are your afternoon links: Kraft goes plant-based, NYC is awful for drivers, what Jay-Z is auctioning off, and more from around the city and internet.]( [Silhouettes of people standing in the dark with green and blue colorful lights blanketing a stage at the Electric Zoo festival.]( [3 months later, Electric Zoo ticket holders still wait for refunds]( [Avant Gardner, the festival organizer, still says refunds are on the way. Ticket holders want answers.]( [Rep. George Santos stands in an elevator as the doors frame his silhouette.]( [Defiant Rep. George Santos doubles down against third ouster attempt]( [The House is expected to vote on a third attempt to remove Santos this week]( 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.