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Jim Walden: “There's a difference between persuading drivers to make a…”

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

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New York City Public Service Retirees' Friday Night Live with Mayoral Candidate Jim Walden

Published | Video Starts at 41:24

Is congestion pricing going to get us there? I don't really have any confidence of that. But if there was ever a chance that we were gonna. First of all, There's a difference between persuading drivers to make a different choice and killing middle class and lower income people with a toll that they can't really afford to pay. Because when you add up $9 a day, right. How. What percentage of someone's salary is that? That, is that. That works in the back office of fdny. Right? Right. (41:24–41:37)

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Asserts that congestion pricing disproportionately affects middle and lower-income individuals.

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