'He can use mass transit': NYC official trolls Trump for congestion pricing rant
Raw StoryFormer President Donald Trump was trolled by a powerful New York City official Tuesday after he complained congestion pricing cost a "fortune." "I can’t believe that New York City is instituting Congestion Pricing, where everyone has to pay a fortune for the 'privilege' of coming into the City, which is in desperate trouble without it," wrote Trump. “Once streets are less congested the former president’s SUV should be able to get to the courthouse faster, or he can use mass transit like millions of hardworking New Yorkers do every day,” said John J. McCarthy, policy and external relations chief. Manhattan's congestion pricing plan, which is meant to reduce pollution, traffic, and safety hazards around the Financial District, has come under fire from numerous politicians, particularly those in Long Island and New Jersey, like Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer, who have argued the tolls amount to an overbearing tax on working people.
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