Local Officials Demand Congestion Toll Public Hearings in Hudson Valley

All upcoming public hearings on the first-in-the-nation congestion toll will be hosted inside a skyscraper in lower Manhattan—an arrangement deemed unfair by suburban elected officials. Public members can still join the hearings remotely and voice their opinions online. “I believe that public hearings should happen in Hudon Valley, and not having one in our region tells us all we need to know about MTA’s priorities: namely, we are not one of them,” Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R-N.Y.) told The Epoch Times. Four hybrid public hearings are scheduled between late February and early March, after which the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) board will vote on the congestion toll schedule....