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Jim Walden: “There should have been clear exemptions, for example, for…”

Featuring: Jim Walden, Attorney, Former Candidate, New York City Mayoral Election 2025

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Jim Walden Discusses Independent Mayoral Candidacy on Good Day New York

Published | Video Starts at 05:18

They really should have tried incentives if they wanted to get congestion and carbon down incentives first. And then if they were going to use such a tax like congestion pricing, it should have been planned better. There should have been clear exemptions, for example, for public servants [in congestion pricing]. Should New York remain a sanctuary city? I think there needs to be revisions to the law. I think that the principle behind it is noble. (05:18–05:22)

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Asserts that congestion pricing should have included exemptions for public servants.

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