Going from no congestion pricing to some congestion pricing is the biggest barrier, and that was overcome. Increasing it from here is going to be a lot easier, especially if residents realize the positive effects.

It wasn't gimped, it was a PR play so the governor could claim to be saving citizens costs by 'lowering' it. Like when people buy things they otherwise wouldn't have because it was 'on sale' so they're really saving money if you think about it.

> It wasn't gimped, it was a PR play so the governor could claim to be saving citizens costs by 'lowering' it.

That doesn't make sense, because $15 was already the lower price that she fought for.

> Originally it was meant to be $15, but was ultimately lowered to $9.

It was originally supposed to be $27. $15 was the lower price that Hochul fought for and issued a press release boasting that it was the correct price.

Then she just unilaterally decided to cancel the entire program before bringing it back at $9.