Nicole Malliotakis Calls On New Yorkers To Voice Opposition To NYC Congestion Pricing Plan

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Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) calls on her constituents to express their disapproval of NYC's congestion pricing plan which is scheduled to take effect on June 30.

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00:00 Overnight, news broke that Governor Hochul is considering pausing congestion pricing.

00:09 It is supposed to take effect June 30th.

00:11 As you know, this has been one of my biggest battles, one of our biggest battles,

00:15 particularly those of us that live in the outer boroughs of New York City.

00:19 She's considering pausing it.

00:22 Right now we're in court.

00:24 We had a hearing about a week ago.

00:27 And we're going to continue to fight this thing legally and legislatively in any way we can.

00:32 But this was huge news this morning, that the governor is saying that she's potentially considering pausing congestion pricing.

00:41 So what we need to do today is every New Yorker who is opposed to congestion pricing,

00:48 and I know there's 65% in New York City alone that are against congestion pricing.

00:52 In my district, 80% of the people are against congestion pricing.

00:57 That is a lot of people.

00:59 We need everybody to stop what they're doing, call the governor's office,

01:03 and if you have a Democrat representing you on the city, state, or federal level,

01:09 you need to call them and tell them to stop congestion pricing.

01:14 This is a big moment for us.

01:16 They are feeling the political pressure.

01:18 They are seeing and reading the polls.

01:21 They saw President Trump come out last week with a post condemning them for trying to put congestion pricing,

01:28 at this time, affecting New York's businesses.

01:31 That came shortly after a conversation I had with President Trump.

01:35 And I'm really happy he did that because I think it really woke the Democrats up a bit.

01:41 But we are in court right now.

01:43 We're trying to stop this legally.

01:45 Keep up the political pressure on the governor and the Democrats who represent you on the city, state, and federal level.

01:52 Why Democrats? Because the Republicans either voted against it or they've joined our lawsuits.

01:57 There's no point in calling them.

01:59 Call the Democrats at the city, state, and federal level and call the governor's office today.

02:05 This is urgent.

02:06 This is like, you know, we need everyone to voice their opposition.

02:11 Let's get this thing killed.

02:13 Congestion pricing, this war on cars, cash grab.

02:16 We have the power and the ability to stop it, but everybody needs to take action today.

02:21 Please spread the word. Share my video.

02:23 And let's get this thing done.

Nicole Malliotakis Calls On New Yorkers To Voice Opposition To NYC Congestion Pricing Plan

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