De Blasio lugs out giant $15B check to stump for congestion pricing

Mayor Bill de Blasio continued his multi-day push for congestion pricing on Tuesday — lugging out a giant $15 billion check representing the money the tolls would raise while accusing the state-run MTA of dragging its feet as New York City traffic gets worse.

De Blasio — who last week chose Sherif Soliman to serve on the committee that will set the tolls — said the MTA was “not acting” despite having received the go-ahead from the Biden administration. “What’s happening with congestion pricing? When you look at the state of New York, when you look at the MTA, you hear the sound of crickets, because nothing is happening,” he said. “The state, the MTA are not acting. They’re not naming members, they’re not calling the meeting, they’re not moving the process.”