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WHOOPI GOLDBERG RIPS NY’S $15 CONGESTION PRICING TOLL TO KATHY HOCHUL’S FACE ON
‘THE VIEW’: ‘THIS IS A HUGE DEAL’

By Vaughn Golden and Emily Crane

Published March 13, 2024, 2:55 p.m. ET

“Lifelong New Yorker” Whoopi Goldberg gave Gov. Kathy Hochul an on-air earful
Wednesday over the Empire State’s controversial congestion pricing toll plan.

The 68-year-old joined a chorus of toll opponents as she ripped the contentious
plan to charge drivers $15 to enter Midtown Manhattan during the governor’s
appearance on ABC’s “The View.”

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“This is a huge deal because I can afford it, don’t get me wrong, I can afford
it, but a lot of my friends who drive in every day, who left here because they
couldn’t afford to live here anymore, can’t,” Goldberg randomly said at the
tail-end of the governor’s segment.

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Whoopi Goldberg ripped New York’s controversial congestion pricing toll during
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s appearance on ABC’s “The View” on Wednesday. ABC

The talk show host’s rant came as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
continues to hold a slew of hearings to supposedly listen to the public’s
concerns about the back-breaking new toll targeting drivers traveling south of
60th Street in Manhattan.

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But Goldberg — who described herself as a “lifelong New Yorker” — railed against
the Empire State’s push to implement the congestion pricing plan without having
a “conversation” first with Big Apple residents.

“This whole thing, this congestion pricing, I don’t understand,” Goldberg told
Hochul. “Because the mayor, because New Yorkers did not mess up the streets.”

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“We used to have four-lane avenues, we had ways to get around. You could get, it
might have taken a long time because we have big trucks, but you could get
around,” she continued, adding that now there are bike and parking lanes
scattered everywhere.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul appeared on ABC’s “The View” on Wednesday. ABC
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The MTA is currently holding a slew of hearings to supposedly listen to the
public’s concerns about the back-breaking new toll targeting drivers traveling
south of 60th Street in Manhattan. Helayne Seidman

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“The idea of having to pay, I’m a lifelong New Yorker, the idea of having to pay
to get from point A to Point B without really having the conversation only to
see those things go up anyway … it made me feel like nobody was listening.”

“You can’t get to Broadway in time unless you leave the day before,” Goldberg
added.


HERE'S EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT THE NYC CONGESTION PRICING PLAN

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s new pricing plan that will charge
drivers a minimum of $15 to enter Midtown Manhattan is set to start in June,
according to reports.

The MTA has argued that the addition toll is aimed at curbing and easing
peak-day congestion in Manhattan. The controversial plan will raise about $1
billion per year that would fund major upgrades to subways, commuter railroads
and bus systems.

How much will drivers be charged?

 * Passenger drivers: $15
 * Motorcycles: $7.50
 * Taxi drivers: $1.25 per ride
 * Small trucks: $25
 * Large trucks: $35
 * Uber, Lyft, other ride-shares: $2.50 per ride

Major highways, including the FDR Drive and the West Side Hghway, are exempt
from the toll, but drivers will be charged if they exit onto a street in NYC’s
central business district below 60th Street.

The rush-hour rates will be in place from 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. weekdays, according
to reports. During non-peak hours, the toll will be about $3.75 for a car. On
weekends, the full rate will be charged between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.

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For Goldberg, her work commute from her $3 million mansion in West Orange, New
Jersey to the ABC studio’s on 66th Street would fall within the congestion toll
zone if she drove via the Lincoln Tunnel.

Hochul, later defended the plan to the Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Tony winner.

“There’s many reasons why we’re doing this. This city is immovable,” the
governor said. “We’re at a crisis. I could walk backwards in heels faster than
most trucks can get down the streets right now. The city is paralyzed.”

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Goldberg’s criticism came after MTA chief Janno Lieber told one of the public
hearings earlier this month that like it or not, congestion pricing was
happening.

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“This is state law, and we’re just trying to implement it in an effective way,’’
he said. “This is not about whether we’re doing congestion pricing or not. It’s
about [whether] the proposed toll structure makes sense and how much to adjust
it.”

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The MTA has long argued the additional toll, which aims to curb peak-day
congestion on busy Manhattan streets, will reap $1 billion per year that would,
in turn, fund major upgrades to subway, commuter railroads and bus systems.

Critics, however, have slammed the toll as a cash grab that’ll only saddle Big
Apple drivers with yet another fee — and that it could just end up diverting
traffic and pollution to outer boroughs.


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