The Issue: President Trump’s plan to kill congestion pricing in New York, despite pleas from Gov. Hochul.
President Trump’s welcome cancellation of the congestion-pricing money grab should only be Step 1 (“Trump: Kat’s wrong; I will kill congest toll,” Feb. 23).
Next, he should withhold all federal funding for the bloated MTA until the agency finally collects 100% of fares from transit riders.
Losing millions annually to freeloaders is inexcusable.
Giving any taxpayer dollars to an agency that is failing to collect money owed for each ride is outrageous.
It’s time to put an end to rampant fare evasion and finally assure that all riders are paying their fare share.
Richard Rafal
Manhattan
I work in the congestion-pricing zone.
I don’t know where Gov. Hochul is getting her information from, but traffic in certain areas of the zone is much worse than before.
This includes streets in the area of bridges and tunnels, most streets going crosstown and all avenues.
They are lying to the public to convince people that this “money grab” is good.
It isn’t, and most people see this.
Joe Kowalczyk
The Bronx
Sitting in traffic for hours shouldn’t be the norm, and our transit system deserves stable funding.
I recognize that the toll has drawbacks for low-income drivers who rely on cars for work, and the state must address these concerns.
But if Hochul backs down under federal pressure, we risk worsening congestion.
This is about investing in our future, not political games.
Mary Bisgrove
Manhattan
New York contributed $600 million for a new football stadium in Hochul’s hometown but isn’t willing to fund needed upgrades to the city’s neglected subway system.
Instead, state leaders pushed a regressive congestion tax that collects the same amount from millionaires as it does the working poor.
Mass transportation is an essential service; football is just entertainment.
Congestion pricing is the most unfair way of funding.
Kudos to Trump for pulling the plug.
André Montero
Brooklyn
Trump wants the states to monitor themselves for various laws, except when it’s convenient for him.
Then he makes it a federal matter.
Case in point: congestion pricing.
Michael Lefkowitz
East Meadow
With a potential halt of congestion pricing by the Trump administration, let’s reclaim that $700 million to $1 billion a year being stolen by fare-beaters.
New York’s feckless justice system refuses to punish this theft, the honest citizens get creamed and the subways get plagued by horrific crime.
Jeffrey Wiesenfeld
Great Neck
The Issue: The cancellation of Trump critic Joy Reid’s show, “The ReidOut,” and other MSNBC programs.
MSNBC did itself no favors by sustaining, for many years, a bigoted and angry commentator, simply because of a parchment from Harvard (“MSNBC axes anti-Trump Reid’s show,” Feb. 24).
Reid never sounded “Ivy” with her insights.
Leftist networks should realize that when average Americans sit down to watch opinion shows, they want a dash of reality mixed in with the vitriol.
It gets tiresome hearing views that are a lot of anger and only a touch of truth.
Rich Klitzberg
Boca Raton, Fla.
How refreshing to read about the beginning of the end of the biased liberal media.
Reid, and others of her ilk, are beginning to suffer.
American citizens don’t want to wake up to untruthful news reporting, as illustrated by the content of her shows and her MSNBC ouster.
I look forward to celebrating more of this landslide.
Harry Winkler
West Palm Beach, Fla.
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