Posted on 04/05/2019 5:19:26 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Cuomo says only ‘very rich people’ can afford to drive into Manhattan
By Carl Campanile
April 4, 2019 | 9:46pm | Updated April 4, 2019 | 11:37pm
Gov. Andrew Cuomo defended congestion pricing on Thursday, saying most motorists won’t be affected because only “very rich people” can afford to drive into Manhattan.
“Outer-borough residents are not driving their cars into Manhattan. That’s not how they come in,” Cuomo said at the Association for a Better New York.
“I’m a Queens boy. Only very rich people can drive into Manhattan. You have to pay the toll. You have to pay parking . . . it probably comes close to $100 a day.”
Cuomo said only a fraction of outer-borough commuters — 2 percent or less — drive in from Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx.
He told reporters afterward “it’s a luxury” to drive into Midtown.
But Assemblyman David Weprin, who represents middle-class sections of Queens, said he’s being inundated with calls from constituents alarmed by the congestion plan.
“A lot of people, they have no choice but to drive in,” Weprin said.
Cuomo drew a hearty cheer from the well-heeled audience when he said the congestion plan “will endure to the benefit of Manhattan real estate interests when we have a better transportation system.”
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I’m sure he goes on to say much more stupid stuff.
But he is right. you have to be quite wealthy to drive into Manhattan for work.
Well they’ve done it, as predicted, moved “the rich” down into the middle class.
Thanks Gov. Cuomo, i’ll make damn sure the next time I have to spend a week working in NY city i’ll be getting my accomodations in NJ.
That should save me a nice little chunk of change.
It’s like instituting a phone tax. Only very rich people have phones.
The power to tax is the power to destroy, comrade.
I wouldn’t say I’m “rich,” but a friend and I drove into Manhattan about 5 years ago...actually stayed in a hotel near Korea Town/MSG. Tolls and parking are outrageous. I can’t tell if they’re designed to keep people from coming into the city, encouraging use of mass transit, or just a craftily-designed way to maximize revenue for the city. It’s Democrat politics at its finest...they get a cut of every piece of business, every transaction.
More class warfare. It never ends.
Like himself.
It’s Democrat politics at its finest...they get a cut of every piece of business, every transaction.
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And its never enough. They always want more.
Sad to think that the city of my birth and most of my childhood has fallen so hard in just 10-20 years.....
How do you know he is right?
I have to admit that, though I might disagree with him technically, he touches on why I will NEVER drive in Manhattan. Then again, I have zero desire to ever go there - or Hong Kong, for that matter.
Republicans who routinely get destroyed at the ballot box for being “elitist” aren’t 1/10 the elitist THIS guy is!
MFr is tone deaf. Beginning to think Mario hated the boys...
What happens when you run out of “rich” people.
Only stupid people would want to drive into Manhattan.
Idiot. Far from rich and I’ve driven into Manhattan many times. Not fun.
Cause I live on Staten Island and I KNOW almost exactly how much it costs for a day of driving and working in Manhattan from an outer borough.
Any other obvious/absurd questions from anyone?
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