Lawmakers Join Forces in Bipartisan Effort Against Congestion Pricing in NYC
January 19, 2023A big-time bipartisan pushback is taking place against congestion pricing in Manhattan.
A big-time bipartisan pushback is taking place against congestion pricing in Manhattan.
Bipartisan, cross-state legislation was announced Thursday to stop congestion pricing, which could cost drivers up to $23 to cross through Midtown and below.
A new bill in Congress would punish the MTA — by denying it needed federal funds — if it goes ahead with proposed tolls for car trips in Manhattan below 60th Street, two bipartisan bill sponsors say.
Newly sworn-in District-17 Rep. Mike Lawler said Sunday he is already moving on from an inter-party fight that took four days to elect House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
It’s a time of transition on Capitol Hill. In the House of Representatives, Democrats are ceding the majority offices to the Republicans.
Despite a nationwide “red ripple,” the Republican Party saw a wave election in the Empire State on the congressional level with freshman state Assemblyman Mike Lawler toppling the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Sean Patrick Maloney in New York’s 17th Congressional District.
While the GOP underperformed expectations nationwide in the election, stronger than anticipated performances in New York could ultimately make the difference when it comes to the control of Congress.
Decidedly mellower and less combative than he often appeared to be as a candidate, Republican Congressman-elect Mike Lawler stood in front of the Rockland County Courthouse before a crowd of supporters and an array of cameras Wednesday afternoon and pronounced himself “honored and humbled” by his election victory over Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney.
Representative Sean Patrick Maloney conceded Wednesday morning to New York state assemblyman Michael Lawler in New York’s 17th congressional district, making Lawler the first Republican to defeat a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman in 40 years.
Congressman-elect Mike Lawler declared victory Wednesday afternoon in front of the Rockland County Courthouse, vowing to work across party lines, oppose politically motivated Congressional investigations, and deliver for the families of Rockland.
