The hearing – which kicked off at 5 p.m. and began with a 45-minute presentation by the MTA– was ongoing as of 8:30 p.m. Thursday evening.
since the plan was unveiled earlier this summer, and the heated debate served as a backdrop as the MTA opened the discussion to the public on Thursday in its first of six public hearings.
“I do understand that a part of this move is to get people to use public transportation,” Gentile said. “I also use public transportation, but that continues to be unsafe, even more so during the pandemic, so the timing here just seems a bit not not the best.” “We need congestion pricing. We needed it three years ago and we need it now even more than ever,” Rodriguez said. “Reducing the number of cars on our streets will not only save countless lives, but it will also help fund the lifeline of our city, which is the MTA and our transit system.”
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