New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s last-minute decision to indefinitely halt a congestion pricing plan could send transit riders back to 2017’s infamous “Summer of Hell,” when chronic train delays left furious riders stranded on platforms for hours.
Hochul on Wednesday paused a plan set to begin at the end of this month that would have charged motorists driving into Manhattan’s central business district, citing concern over inflation and financial pressures on working-class families. The revenue was expected to generate $15 billion to modernize New York City’s century-old transit system.
“We could be looking at 2017 Summer of Hell as a ...
