The MTA board on Wednesday gave its final approval of congestion pricing, paving the way for the agency to charge drivers a $15 daytime toll to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street. The 11-1 vote finalizes a yearslong saga to launch the tolls. The state Legislature first approved the initiative in March 2019, which was followed by a lengthy federal and environmental review process. The MTA board signed off on the prices of the tolls in December, triggering a 60-day review period. Wednesday’s...
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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will deliver a daily press briefing Monday afternoon, joined by national security adviser Jake Sullivan. The briefing comes as the Biden administration’s legal battle over social media content moderation reached the Supreme Court on Monday, where the justices heard arguments over whether federal officials violated the First Amendment by urging platforms to remove