Coalition of 56 businesses, organizations, elected officials standing up against New York’s proposed congestion tax
NEW JERSEY — This week, 56 different federal, state, and local leaders, state and local chambers of commerce, transportation and agricultural organizations, and tourism and transportation companies came together to express deep concerns to New York’s Traffic Mobility Review Board and stand up against the proposed Congestion Tax.
New York and the MTA’s Congestion Tax could go into effect as early as 2023 and would cost drivers up to $23 dollars a day — more than $5,000 a year — to drive south of 60th Street.
The coalition of businesses, associations, and elected officials include the following:
- U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5)
- U.S. Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11)
- NJ State Senator Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr.
- NJ State Senator Joe Lagana
- NJ Assemblywoman Lisa Swain
- NJ Assemblyman Chris Tully
- Bergen County Executive James Tedesco III
- Borough of Hillsdale Mayor John J. Ruocco
- Borough of Lodi Mayor Scott A. Luna
- Borough of Oradell Mayor Dianne Camelo Didio
- Borough of River Edge Mayor Thomas Papaleo
- Hampton Township Mayor Timothy Dooley
- Town of Newton Mayor Jason Schlaffer
- Westwood Governing Body Mayor Ray Arroyo
- Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
- New Jersey Chamber of Commerce
- American Trucking Associations
- Trucking Association of New York
- Motor Truck Association of Connecticut
- New Jersey Motor Truck Association
- New York Metropolitan Trucking Association
- Greater NJ Motorcoach Association
- Limo Association of New York
- National Limousine Association
- New York State Movers & Warehousemen’s Association
- New Jersey Warehousemen & Movers Association
- New York State Builders Association
- National Waste & Recycling Association
- ATA Moving & Storage Conference
- New York Farm Bureau
- New York State Vegetable Growers Association
- Northeast Dairy Producers Association
- NFIB New York
- NJ Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc.
- Fair Lawn Chamber of Commerce
- Midland Park Chamber of Commerce
- Washington Business Improvement District
- ABC Bus Company
- ABC Empire State Chapter
- American Limousine LLC DBA FMA Worldwide
- Busie
- C.H. Robinson
- DavEl BostonCoach
- David Thomas Trailways
- DeCamp Bus Lines
- Europe Limousine Service Inc.
- JC Tours Inc.
- Klein’s Bus Service, Inc.
- Krapf Coaches
- Leros Point to Point
- London Towncars, Inc.
- M&S Parking
- Music Express
- Panorama Tours, Inc.
- Safety Bus Service, Inc.
- Stout’s Charter Service.
“We are a coalition of businesses, associations, and elected officials who are deeply concerned about the Central Business District (CBD) Tolling Program,” the 56 different businesses, associations, and elected officials wrote in a letter this week to New York’s Traffic Mobility Review Board. “We all have different concerns about precisely how our industries and constituents will be affected by the new Congestion Tax, expected to be up to $23 dollars a day for commuters and potentially much higher for commercial traffic. Beyond affecting drivers and the transportation industry, this new toll will increase labor costs for employers and the price of goods and services for residents of the CBD.”
