Kathy Hochul’s highway-robbery bragging puts – Latest News
At least Willie Sutton was being humble when he declared, “I rob banks because that’s where the money is”; Gov. Kathy Hochul is now boasting about her model of the identical insight.
That is, the gov’s congratulating herself for raking in huge bucks from her “congestion” tolls — a whole lot of tens of millions because the scheme hits the six-month mark, on observe to hit $500 million by yr’s finish.
Hochul’s PR blast over the weekend referred to as this a “huge success”; Willie might’ve claimed the identical about most of his capers, smirking a lot as she does within the social-media-campaign half of her “victory tour.”
Sorry: Forcing middle- and working-class New Yorkers to pay an exorbitant quantity of their income simply to get to work — to drive on roads their taxes already funded — is neither a genius nor a heroic one.
And the bragging solely provides insult to the damage.
The tolls help “businesses make deliveries and save costs,” claims Hochul’s workplace.
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Huh? Food distributors are taking a look at six-figure added prices, whereas the likes of FreshDirect are slipping in added charges for congestion-zone prospects. Small eating places are additionally reeling.
This transfer stays a merciless money grab wrapped up in a inexperienced pseudo-justification, one the gov is aware of people hate — that’s why she postponed it till after final November’s elections.
We guess she hopes voters will merely have forgotten, or grown resigned to the hit, by the time she faces them in November 2026.
Beware: If she really wins re-election this fashion, the plans are already drawn up to maneuver towards doubling the tolls quickly after.
