Speaker Heastie Statement on President Trump's Disastrous Attempt to Kill Congestion Pricing in N.Y.

The president and the Republican members of New York’s congressional delegation – I’m looking at you Mike Lawler, Nicole Malliotakis, Andrew Garbarino and Nick LaLota – may have just created a $16 billion financial hole in the most important transit system in the nation. They better have a plan to address this. They can’t use empty political talking points like toll evasion or the typical cost cutting measure cliche to fund the most important transit system in the country. If congestion pricing is stopped, then they should be preparing to send a $16 billion check to the MTA, but sadly I expect nothing but rhetoric in return.