{"id":495917,"date":"2026-01-06T06:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T06:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/495917\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T06:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T06:51:17","slug":"tuesdays-headlines-standing-up-for-congestion-pricing-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/495917\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday&#8217;s Headlines: Standing Up for Congestion Pricing Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Yorkers were treated to a rare sight on Monday: A mayor standing in support of a governor who got congestion pricing done.<\/p>\n<p>But there it was: After four years of watching Mayor Eric Adams twist himself into a pretzel to avoid ever giving even the appearance of support for Gov. Hochul&#8217;s central business district toll, Mayor Mamdani was standing right by her side at the first-anniversary party.<\/p>\n<p>And his support was full-throated. And he reiterated that he chose his Department of Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn because he wants New York City &#8220;to be the envy of the world&#8221; for getting around quickly and cheaply.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:300px;height:auto\" class=\"wp-image-581593\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/changable-zohran-livable-streets-counter005.jpg\"   loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>So I guess it&#8217;s time to update our factory-themed sign (right). This new mayor still hasn&#8217;t disappointed us (though it&#8217;s early!).<\/p>\n<p>As predicted, the papers were filled with coverage of the congestion pricing anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>In other news from a slow day:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mayor Mamdani&#8217;s free bus plan was not discussed at Hochul&#8217;s congestion pricing rally. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/01\/05\/as-mamdani-and-hochul-celebrate-congestion-pricing-the-mayors-free-bus-plan-gets-no-air-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NYDN<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hellgatenyc.com\/mamdani-and-hochul-celebrate-one-controversial-initiative-and-dodge-another\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hell Gate<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Like <a href=\"https:\/\/nyc.streetsblog.org\/2026\/01\/06\/illegally-parked-cars-delayed-fdny-response-to-five-alarm-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Streetsblog<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/05\/us-news\/inferno-rips-through-nyc-building-injuring-3-as-fdnys-response-hampered-by-cars-on-hydrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Post<\/a> covered the Bronx fire that was made worse because three drivers selfishly and illegally blocked hydrants.<\/li>\n<li>Day late, dollar short: <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/05\/us-news\/zohran-mamdani-resurrects-mcguinness-boulevard-bike-lanes-after-adams-admin-scrapped-redesign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Post<\/a> on Monday covered the Mamdani McGuinness Boulevard road diet announcement from Saturday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Yorkers were treated to a rare sight on Monday: A mayor standing in support of a governor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":495918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-495917","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-newyork","12":"tag-newyorkcity","13":"tag-ny","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115846832738853386","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}