Like midtown Manhattan’s bumper-to-bumper traffic, the long journey of New York’s congestion pricing plan has been marked by starts and stops, culminating with Gov. Kathy Hochul’s announcement Thursday that the new tolls will finally take effect on January 5th.

New York City’s congestion pricing plan is back and set to kick in on Jan. 5, Gov. Hochul announced Thursday. But the daily toll — which Hochul put on indefinite hiatus this past June, three

Congestion pricing will officially come to New York City at the beginning of next year, but at a lower toll fee than initially proposed.