Mayoral hopeful Andrew Cuomo brazenly flipped his flip-flop on congestion pricing – after last year penning a Post op-ed walking back his past support for the scheme.
When Cuomo was asked by The New York Times in an interview Tuesday whether he supports congestion pricing now that it shows signs of success, the former governor gave a blunt response: “Yes.”
The supportive stance contrasted with Cuomo’s op-ed urging leaders pump the brakes on the controversial plan – which he championed and approved as governor. He had said at the time that imposing the toll on vehicles entering Manhattan south of 60th Street would drive people into an increasingly violent subway system.
The op-ed suggested an analysis on the effect of a $15 toll on the city’s post-pandemic recovery…