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MTA set to bow to Gov. Hochul's suspension of $15 congestion pricing toll — for now
The MTA board is expected to vote on a resolution Wednesday begrudgingly bowing to — not challenging — Gov. Kathy Hochul's decision to "pause" implementation of the "congestion" toll.
MTA halts construction projects in move to 'scare NYers,' pressure Hochul after axing congestion toll: sources
The MTA has halted construction projects at rail stations in Queens to pressure Gov. Hochul to restore congestion pricing — or find another revenue service to maintain its capital spending...
Planned, new NYC migrant shelter at Staten Island church sparks outrage
The proposal will place 15 cots inside the Faith United Methodist Church on Heberton Ave, which would then be an overnight haven for single adult men seeking asylum in the...
How powerful forces 'from left to right' came together to stop NYC's controversial congestion pricing program
An extraordinarily broad coalition of powerful people who often don't see eye to eye joined forces and prompted Gov. Kathy Hochul to blink and scuttle the controversial $15 congestion toll...
$500M of taxpayer dough wasted? Hochul, MTA lack Plan B for NYC congestion pricing infrastructure
The Hochul administration is staring at the grim prospect of having to flush more than a half-billion dollars in taxpayer money down the toilet over the botched congestion pricing scheme.
Truckers sue NY over controversial $15 congestion toll to enter Manhattan
Truckers have joined the conga line of opponents who've filed lawsuits to block the controversial first-in-nation congestion toll to enter Manhattan's business district south of 60th Street.
State official won't say how many illegal pot shops there are as NYC begins crackdown: 'Larger than we'd like it to be'
A state cannabis regulator refused to say how many illegal pot shops there are in New York while Mayor Eric Adams announced a "Padlock to Protect" program to close down...
NYC teachers union's lawyers blast MTA's decision with setting June 30 start date for controversial $15 congestion toll
The lawyers for the teachers' union lawsuit seeking to block the first-in-the-nation congestion pricing scheme sent a letter to a federal judge flunking the MTA's announcement that the new $15...
'City of No'?: Adams plan to boost economy under fire by NYC Council
Both Democrats and Republicans on the NYC Council are expressing serious concerns over Mayor Eric Adams’ “City of Yes for Economic Opportunity” proposal aimed at boosting businesses and job growth.
SI politicians, union heads welcome local NAACP chapter to congestion pricing opposition
A bipartisan contingent of elected officials and local leaders are railing against the city's planned congestion pricing toll hike.
Republican NYC pols want stiffer penalties to curb historic wave of car thefts
Big Apple car thefts have soared recently, escalating to 13,500 stolen vehicles last year – the highest since 2006.
Time for insane NYC congestion pricing plan to hit the road
The latest entrant to the lawsuit against New York's insane congestion pricing plan is the Municipal Labor Committee, a heavyweight union. Time for this plan to hit the road.
Unions for nearly 400K NYC workers oppose 'crazy' $15 congestion toll, back lawsuit to block it
The labor coalition representing all the city's nearly 400,000 government workers is backing the federal lawsuit filed by the teachers' union to block the "crazy" $15 congestion toll to enter...
18 NY legislators join UFT suit to block $15 congestion toll
Eighteen elected officials have joined the teachers' union's federal lawsuit aimed at blocking the controversial new $15 congestion pricing toll to enter Midtown.
Hochul suggests deporting mob of migrants who pounded cops in caught-on-camera attack near Times Square
Hochul says deporting the thugs should be on the table.
'Taking the lead': NYC teachers' union to pay legal tab for Staten Island's congestion-pricing fight
New York City’s powerful teachers’ union is bankrolling Staten Island’s legal fight to stop the MTA’s congestion pricing plan, The Post has learned.
'Final nail in the coffin': NYC drops controversial plan to house migrants at ex-Staten Island Catholic school
The Adams administration no longer has plans to house migrants at a former St. John Villa Academy Catholic school on Staten Island, following plenty of pushback from local pols and...
Pols say NYC being taken to cleaners on migrant laundry bill as it's revealed millions spent
New York City is spending millions of dollars-- just to wash the dirty laundry of thousands of migrants cared for in local shelters, records show.
First legal Staten Island pot sales hosted near ballpark, drawing anger: 'It's the dumbing down of America'
The first legal sales of marijuana in Staten Island took place Thursday at Staten Island University Hospital Community Park home of the professional baseball team the Staten Island Ferry Hawks.
Bipartisan Staten Island pols oppose migrant camp at Fort Wadsworth
Staten Island's elected Democrats joined Republicans in a rare united front Wednesday -- in opposition to using the former Fort Wadsworth military base in the borough to shelter migrants.