Congestion Pricing Reduced Traffic. Now It’s Hitting Revenue Goals.

New York’s congestion pricing plan raised $48.6 million in tolls during its first month, a strong start for the program that exceeded expectations and kept it on track to raise billions of dollars for the region’s decaying mass transit system. The revenue figures, expected to be released publicly on Monday by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, … Read more

Luigi Mangione Supporters Remain Steadfast Ahead of UnitedHealthcare CEO Murder Trial

  Even when he was just a wanted man smiling in a surveillance picture, Luigi Mangione elicited a fervent response from some Americans. Now identified and charged in the brazen fatal shooting of a health care executive, his influence has persisted, even from behind bars. Supporters, some of whom have championed his anti-insurance-industry message, have … Read more

Jumaane Williams Is Ready and Willing to Take Mayor Eric Adams’s Place

Jumaane Williams had been onstage for barely 10 minutes when an audience member asked an off-topic question on many New Yorkers’ minds. “Are you ready to be mayor?” the person said. The crowd, at a documentary screening in Greenwich Village, cheered in support. The event’s moderators responded enthusiastically. And Mr. Williams smiled. As New York … Read more