Codey: Give NJ input on NYC congestion pricing

by Tom Feeney
nj.com
Wednesday August 22, 2007

The leader of the New Jersey Senate called on New York today to find a seat on its 17-member congestion pricing commission for a representative from New Jersey. Senate President Richard J. Codey (D-Essex) said 250,000 New Jersey commuters a day would be affected if New York approves congestion pricing for parts of Manhattan.
"This is a collective failure on the part of New York's leadership to recognize New Jersey's important role in this decision-making process," he said. "The stakes involved in this process are far too important to be governed by purely parochial political considerations." Codey today called on New York officials to reconsider the appointments.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed a plan to reduce traffic in the city by charging cars $8 for entering Manhattan below 86th Street between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Under the mayor's proposal, the congestion fee for New Jersey drivers who use E-ZPass would off-set by the $5 tolls they pay at the bridges and tunnels, so the congestion fee would be effectively $3.

Read more in Thursday's Star-Ledger.