New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) mentioned on Thursday she appealed to President Trump as a New Yorker to take a look at to persuade him to drop his struggle towards the congestion pricing initiative in his local town.
In an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Hochul described her assembly with the president remaining Friday, when she advocated for the brand new machine — which has decreased visitors within the town because it presented a $9 price for drivers coming into positive portions of Ny remaining month. She additionally introduced up the letter from the transportation secretary bringing up considerations concerning the machine.
“I said, ‘Mr. President, you’re a New Yorker.’ First of all, the most offensive thing I found in the letter from [Transportation Sec.] Sean Duffy was citing New Jersey, saying they don’t like this program. I said, ‘Mr. President, we’re both New Yorkers. Why do we care what New Jersey thinks?’” Hochul mentioned within the Thursday interview, recalling her dialog with the president.
The Democratic governor mentioned she reminded the president of his deep roots within the town and touted the congestion pricing program as a “model” for lowering visitors, expanding income and making improvements to high quality of existence “dramatically for everyone who lives in this district.”
“I’m trying to find a common ground here,” Hochul mentioned. “I want him to understand that this is a city that he cares about, and he understands it more than any president since FDR — we haven’t had a New York president — but more than anyone, he’s got property here. He understands. We want to make sure that the city keeps moving.”
“So I was just trying to appeal to him as a New Yorker, and say, ‘This is good for New York,’” Hochul mentioned.
Hochul and Trump met for greater than an hour remaining Friday, two days after the Trump management ordered a prevent to the pricing program, which has been a supply of controversy.
“CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!” Trump wrote on social media remaining Wednesday, attaching a photograph of his face, dressed in a crown, on a TIME Mag duvet, with the New York skyline within the backdrop.
The toll stays in position as a prison combat performs out, however the Division of Transportation gave town a cut-off date of March 21 to finish this system.
Hochul, within the interview, mentioned she would proceed combating for this system.
“It has had a profound impact on the lives of New Yorkers. We have to fight to keep it going, and that’s why I’ve taken it to the courts and I’ll take it wherever I can,” Hochul mentioned.
“And they’re telling us, we have to have an orderly cessation by the end of March,” she endured. “I’m saying, I’m going to have to have an orderly resistance.”
