In the News: Congestion pricing starts June 30

CONGESTION PRICING STARTS JUNE 30
The MTA announced Friday that June 30 is the date that its controversial congestion pricing plan is set to go into effect. Everyone has a story; here’s one from CBS News. The toll for drivers of personal vehicles coming into the city is $15, only entering, max of one charge per day.

WHAT $14 MILLION GETS YOU
Weird premise for a post (maybe it was sponsored??), but Gotham magazine takes the number and goes with it for three neighborhoods: Tribeca (of course), Gramercy Park, the Upper West Side. 145 Hudson gets the spotlight here — love — but wait till you see the Gramercy entry!

INSIDE TAYLOR SWIFT’S TOWNHOUSE
A Taylor Swift superfan filled The Post in on the details he noticed in a visit to Taylor Swift’s apartment(s) on Franklin Street, including Grammy awards on the toilet in the speakeasy bathroom and another broken one stored in a birdcage. The Post says the whole spread — cobbled together from two buildings — is 8300 square feet.

JERKS DO LUNCH IN TRIBECA IN THE ’70s
The Flaming Pablum rock blog traces a shot taken in 1977 of the Teenage Jesus & the Jerks, “arguably the preeminent band of the No Wave ….er… wave, then featuring drummer Bradley Field, a bass player named Reck, the great James Chance (later to front his own band, The Contortions) and the inimitable firebrand that is Lydia Lunch,” taken in 1977 in front of Joseph Carini Carpet. Plus the photo gets on their poster for their gig at Max’s Kansas City.

 

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  1. So all the lawsuits and attempts to block congestion pricing have failed? Now let’s see how this works. I’m sure it will require adjusting as it goes on, but I do have hopes that it can be a net positive for the city and society.

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