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Doug Gordon@brooklynspoke.bsky.social |
Hochul "paused congestion pricing because it doesn’t poll well. It didn’t poll well before it was instituted in London or Stockholm, either, where it has been solving gridlock, increasing bus ridership and reducing asthma rates. Opinion shifted in those cities after residents saw the benefits."
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Owen
@oweniverson.bsky.social
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Also, it didn't poll well with a couple of drivers at some diners in Manhattan.
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Mayor of Nowheresville
@thekasey.bsky.social
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This is the way it always is. Polling and reacting to those polls is typically detrimental to any actions taken for the good of a municipality
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Ozma
@rowyourbot.bsky.social
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Yes, exactly!!! People need to see it in action. And this is well-known. It’s been written about. She is hopeless.
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Sam
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one of the wildest things about the options here is that there appears to be no option for "It will have no effect, I will travel into Manhattan just as before and NOT pay the fee because I take the fucking train like over 90% of commuters"
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@me2u.bsky.social
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Bring back New York leadership of old? Like who, lying deadbeat ass hat Rudy. New York's past success would seem more like an accident than a result of leadership.
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jędrek
@jedrek.bsky.social
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This is like every single bike lane in the United States and most places in Europe.
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Jeff Liszt
@liszt.bsky.social
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This is a bit of a category error. The polls Hochul and House leadership are responding to are not among NYC residents who will benefit, they’re among suburbanites who don’t want to pay NYC taxes in the first place.
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Stonkers
@stonkers.bsky.social
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The cops who all commute into the city are likely the ones applying the pressure, because of course why would they give a shit about benefiting the community they serve?
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Christy Rae Jeffson
@jcry.bsky.social
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Here's a list of other laws that I'm pretty sure didn't poll well before implmentation: -Seat belt laws -Emission/car inspection laws -basically every tax increase that doesn't just target the very rich Some shit is just the right thing to do and will probably be approved of in the long run.
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Top 3% Turkey Content Provider
@haus53.bsky.social
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I thought she paused it because it made the cops upset?
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Jennifer Van Goethem
@jennvg.bsky.social
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Pelosi got a lot of crap for saying we have to pass the ACA to know what's in it, but she was right and it applies to a lot of stuff.
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John Cluverius
@johncluverius.bsky.social
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What fucking polls is she looking at?
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Block+Move on
@honestthief.bsky.social
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The Civil Rights acts "didn't poll well." Neither did women voting. You don't do what's right for ALL your people only when you get a majority of public opinion.
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