Economic Corner 6 - January 6th 2025 

The Cellist  states something few state, London has no toll to get into the city so when they did congestion pricing that was the first toll into London. New York City is full of tolls. 
And the comparisons to Singapore which is a wealthy city state, or stocklhom which is the only city in a low populace country full of natural resources, are dysfunctional to new York city which is the largest city in a country with over three hundred million people.
And Oren Barzilay admitted that EMS workers live in shelters, they are not on welfare, but they don't make enough to live outside the shelters.

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What are my points?

1) no two places in humanity are financially the same. Applying governmental policy to two different places will never yield the same result.

2) the true financial condition of cities isn't in mayor's speeches or investments in stadiums. It is in the quality of life to the lowest wage workers. Eric Adams suggest New York City is financially flying high, then if so why not pay the emergency medical service workers more? why not make congestion pricing void for them? You claim to have money earned but you don't use it , can only mean you are hoarding it. when governments do that, it means illegal money transactions in the bureaucracy.

Congestion pricing and the Broadway community
By Roberto Araujo New York City
PUBLISHED 2:18 PM ET Dec. 30, 2024

Broadway musician Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf plays the cello in the Broadway musical “The Great Gatsby."

She drives into Midtown Manhattan from her home in Hartsdale, New York.

“We lived in Inwood before we bought this house, and we spent, the idea was to be able to take the Metro-North, which we did up until the pandemic. We always took the train,” Dorman-Phaneuf said.

“But then in the pandemic, the trains home went away and they still haven’t come back. So even though I wish we could be taking the train, on a weekday, there were just, there’s a train at 10:30, and then there’s a train at 11:44. So if we get done at 10:35 at work, the next train is 11:44, and that means I’d get home at 12:40,” she said. "And that's just untenable, you know, to have to wait an hour for a train."

In a statement, the MTA said, “Schedules are based on current ridership data of more than 200,000 daily riders who use Metro-North. As Metro-North’s ridership continues to grow, the railroad is constantly monitoring ridership patterns and trends to see what future adjustments may be necessary.” 

https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/on-stage/2024/12/30/congestion-pricing-and-the-broadway-community
official link
https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/on-stage/2024/12/30/congestion-pricing-and-the-broadway-community?cid=share_clip

Drivers react to day one of congestion pricing
By Noorulain Khawaja Manhattan
PUBLISHED 2:14 PM ET Jan. 05, 2025

Some New Yorkers thoughts to Congestion pricing
https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/01/05/drivers-react-to-day-one-of-congestion-pricing

The Port Authority tolls will increase alongside congestion pricing
https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/01/05/port-authority-tolls-increase-alongside-start-of-congestion-pricing

Local EMS union encourages workers to request reassignment out of congestion relief zone
Local Union 2507 sent a notice to their members that included a reassignment request form.
Heather Fordham
Jan 3, 2025, 10:30 PM
Updated 2 days ago

The local union that represents the city's EMS and paramedics is now encouraging their members assigned to stations in the congestion relief zone to request reassignments.
Local Union 2507 sent a notice to their members that included a reassignment request form.
The union represents 4,100 emergency medical technicians and paramedics that travel from all parts of the city — and even outside of the state, to be on the city's front lines.
Under congestion pricing, those who live outside of 60th Street in Manhattan will have to pay a toll beginning at $9 for cars during peak periods in order to get to stations located in downtown Manhattan.
Union president Oren Barzilay said Friday while they fought for exemptions and discounts at public hearings, ultimately, they were not included in the groups eligible.
"My men and woman, they live in their cars, they live in their families or friends' houses. They sleep on couches, they sleep at stations because they can't afford to go back and forth every day. This will more than likely be the nail in the coffin, they will likely resign, or demand to be transferred to another station," Barzilay said.
Barzilay did not have an exact number, but said some workers have already submitted reassignment forms and they expect the number to increase once the toll goes into effect on Jan. 5.
“Mark my words, it will likely have a large, negative impact on public safety that will soon enough lead to a rush by Albany and City Hall’s countless and well-paid government funded spin doctors to point the blame and fingers at each other, as they always do. Actions speak louder than words and this tax is a lose-lose for the FDNY EMS and public safety,” Barzilay added.
https://brooklyn.news12.com/local-ems-union-encourages-workers-to-request-reassignment-out-of-congestion-relief-zone

IN AMENDMENT

murders in NYC
375 in 2024 
390 in 2023
shootings in NYC
1091 in 2024 
1150 in 2023

New York Ctiy has ten million people , ten percent is one million, one percent is one hundred thousand. a tenth of one percent is ten thousand. a hundredth of one percent is one thousand

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