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NFIB New Jersey Welcomes Federal Action Ending New York City’s Congestion Pricing

NFIB New Jersey Welcomes Federal Action Ending New York City’s Congestion Pricing

February 20, 2025

"U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy’s move to block this unaffordable tax was the right choice for New Jersey small businesses and commuters."

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TRENTON, NJ (Feb. 20, 2025) The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy association with thousands of members in the Garden State, released the following statement by NFIB New Jersey State Director Eileen Kean in reaction to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) announcement that New York City’s congestion pricing program has been terminated:

“The ending of New York’s MTA congestion pricing scheme is great news for New Jerseyans and their small businesses, which are already operating on tight margins. The $9 congestion pricing tax on passenger cars and nearly $22 tax on trucks was only making it more expensive to work and operate a small business in and around the Metro Area. Small businesses both within and located outside the congestion pricing zone in Lower Manhattan were impacted by this unwise tax and confronted significant increases in the cost of their goods and services. The MTA obstinately refused to come to grips with its notorious mismanagement and only focused on imposing a steep new tax. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy’s move to block this unaffordable tax was the right choice for New Jersey small businesses and commuters.”

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