New York governor to relaunch Manhattan congestion charge plan, source says

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(Reuters) – New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday plans to announce the state plans to revive a congestion charge in Manhattan that she indefinitely put on hold in June, a source told Reuters.

New York City’s congestion pricing program, the first of its kind in the U.S., was initially to have charged a toll of $15 during daytime hours for passenger vehicles driving in Manhattan south of 60th Street starting June 30. Hochul plans to announce a revised program is expected to have a base charge of $9 for passenger cars, the source said. The plan was reported earlier by media outlet Gothamist.

(Reporting by David Shepardson)