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Article: NEW YORK CITY CONGESTION PRICING PLAN DIES, SEN. MENENDEZ REACTS

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April 7, 2008
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The office of Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., issued the following statement:

Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) made the following statement today upon the announcement that the New York City congestion pricing plan died in the New York State Assembly:

"I certainly hope this is the end of the effort to squeeze the people of our state. Somehow, a plan to reduce congestion on the roads became a plan to make an extra buck off of New Jersey, and that is neither fair nor legal. Reducing traffic, cleaning our air and getting commuters to use mass transit are tremendously important goals we all should work toward, but unfairly burdening the drivers of one state in particular is not how to go about it. ...

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