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Trump goes after NYC's congestion pricing, ending Hochul's justification for not removing Adams [1]

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Date: 2025-02-19

News has just broken that the Trump administration is moving to end New York City’s congestion price plan:

www.nytimes.com/…

This may affect New York governor Kathy Hochul’s decision on whether or not to remove New York City Mayor Eric Adams from office, whose ability to govern has been compromised by being blackmailed/bribed into doing the bidding of the Trump administration on immigration, with his federal corruption charges disappearing as long as he supported ICE raids in the city.

It’s been widely reported that a major reason Hochul was hesitating on Adams was to avoid the ire of the Trump administration regarding the congestion price plan. But with Trump moving to end the program anyway, there is one less reason for Hochul to wait. I urge her to move forward and remove Adams from office, since he is no longer able to freely represent the interest of New York City voters.

You can make your views known to her:

www.governor.ny.gov/…

Note: what Hochul appears to be waiting on now is today’s dramatic courtroom proceedings wherein Judge Ho will decide whether or not to accept the Trump administration’s motions to dismiss the corruption charges against Mayor Adams. The decision and its reasoning may make it more or less politically palatable for Hochul to move forward. Stay tuned.

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