starting to wonder if congestion pricing was paused because the NYPD cops who commute from long island threatened a revolt and eric adams was like kathy, we can't have that
This American Life did a story on someone who goes around Manhattan removing devices that block license plate readers (which would prevent them from being charged for congestion pricing) and most of the offenders were police or city workers. That's why they're mad.
Occasionally it's good to observe that in the early 2000s the Republic of Georgia fired its entire highway police force because of corruption and a culture of impunity, and replaced them with a much smaller, more effective, more accountable force.
NYC unions are generally opposed. I am in favor of congestion pricing although I prefer more comprehensive carbon reduction policies. I think that the noticing the tension between the reality of organized labor as opposed to what progressive policy advocates assume it should want is important.
