On Tuesday, NYC Mayor Eric Adams answered reporter questions on the congestion pricing pause during a press conference.
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00:00Yes.
00:01And how did you learn that it wasn't going to happen?
00:04Did you get a personal call from the governor about this?
00:09And also, do you hold yourself at all accountable for the public opposition to congestion and
00:16pricing?
00:17You haven't exactly been city of yes about congestion pricing.
00:20You've been very, this is up to the state, we'll follow the rules, we've got to get it
00:24right.
00:25But you have not been championing this.
00:26So how did you hear that it wasn't going to happen and what about this?
00:29your own vote. The governor spoke with me for about two weeks out sharing her thoughts.
00:35As many of you know the governor and I have an excellent relationship. We've been able to do so
00:41much and revitalize in our city and land in many of these important pieces of legislation in Albany
00:46and she was sharing her thoughts and I'm not going to go into private conversations
00:50and then when she made the final determination we spoke that evening and I said governor whatever I
00:56could do to assist these are difficult times and difficult challenges. I spoke with Janel yesterday
01:02as he talked about some of the impacts on our capital and I respect Albany. I know my role.
01:10I have their role. I know it's hard for people to fully imagine the fact that everything that
01:15happens in the country Mayor Adams and the mayor of the city of New York is not in control of.
01:21I don't control the MTA. I don't control how many migrants can come into our city. I don't
01:26control laws that are passed in the various forms of government. I was clear we had to get it right.
01:33We could not balance it on the backs of working class people. We could not displace of the
01:40environmental issues as Ingrid has talked about so many times. We could not displace it
01:44throughout the entire city. So we got to get this right. This is a major shift in how we're going to
01:50move traffic. Who are we going to charge? What is the amount? And I made it clear we have to get
01:56it right. The state made the determination that the MTA and MTA board is going to make the
02:03decisions around that and I was very clear from the start. We have to get it right
02:11and I'm still with that. We got to deal with congestion. We have to deal with environmental
02:16issues but we should deliberate and make sure we get it right.