NEW YORK Mayor Michael Bloomberg's congestion pricing proposal would
charge motorists $8 and truckers $21 to drive into the most heavily
trafficked parts of Manhattan. If the state Legislature doesn't
approve it by Monday, the city could lose more than $350 million in
federal startup funds.
City Councilman David Weprin and other lawmakers rallied against
the plan Sunday; Weprin says the proposed fee would hurt small
businesses and unfairly tax commuters from outside Manhattan.
Bloomberg says lawmakers against the plan will have to answer to
New Yorkers when mass transit improvements they hoped for aren't
available.
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