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Kathy Hochul: “I will stand up and defend that right every day of the week…”

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Mayor Mamdani Joins Governor Hochul to Celebrate Successful First Year of Congestion Pricing

Published January 5, 2026 | Video Starts at 24:36

And so I'm not afraid of taking on the fight with him or anybody else who attacks our authority as a state and a city to implement a policy that is for our own constituents. I will stand up and defend that right every day of the week and we will win. Did he say anything back to you when you. I just kind of talk about Venezuela and all kinds of things. All right. Well, these things are kind of surreal. (24:36–24:40)

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“Traffic entering the congestion zone is down 11%.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Governor Hochul to Celebrate Successful First Year of Congestion Pricing | Uploaded January 5, 2026 | 04:04-04:10
“27 million fewer cars going into that zone over the last year.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Governor Hochul to Celebrate Successful First Year of Congestion Pricing | Uploaded January 5, 2026 | 04:14-04:21
“Pollution is down more than 20% in one year.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Governor Hochul to Celebrate Successful First Year of Congestion Pricing | Uploaded January 5, 2026 | 04:24-04:29
“New York City recorded its safest streets in history.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Governor Hochul to Celebrate Successful First Year of Congestion Pricing | Uploaded January 5, 2026 | 04:37-04:43
“Sales tax receipts in the area that people say would be killed by [congestion pricing] are up 6%.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Governor Hochul to Celebrate Successful First Year of Congestion Pricing | Uploaded January 5, 2026 | 05:11-05:19
“25% faster coming through the Lincoln Tunnel.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Governor Hochul to Celebrate Successful First Year of Congestion Pricing | Uploaded January 5, 2026 | 05:50-05:53
“51% faster coming through the Holland Tunnel.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Governor Hochul to Celebrate Successful First Year of Congestion Pricing | Uploaded January 5, 2026 | 05:56-06:00
“This program will fund $15 billion worth of those capital projects that are improving our system.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Governor Hochul to Celebrate Successful First Year of Congestion Pricing | Uploaded January 5, 2026 | 09:19-09:26
“Cut 40% off the cost, but getting the same $15 billion worth of projects.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Governor Hochul to Celebrate Successful First Year of Congestion Pricing | Uploaded January 5, 2026 | 09:35-09:42
“Best year for office leasing.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Governor Hochul to Celebrate Successful First Year of Congestion Pricing | Uploaded January 5, 2026 | 05:23-05:26
“Transit ridership is up in the zone as well.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Governor Hochul to Celebrate Successful First Year of Congestion Pricing | Uploaded January 5, 2026 | 05:43-05:46
“I've got more than 10 lawsuits. We have a pretty good record. Every time it's gone before a judge, the judge says, no, no, the state is…”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Governor Hochul to Celebrate Successful First Year of Congestion Pricing | Uploaded January 5, 2026 | 07:28-07:40
“We have an injunction to stop what [President Trump] is doing right now.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Governor Hochul to Celebrate Successful First Year of Congestion Pricing | Uploaded January 5, 2026 | 23:49-23:53
“We feel very confident of our position in court.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Governor Hochul to Celebrate Successful First Year of Congestion Pricing | Uploaded January 5, 2026 | 23:52-23:55
“Congestion pricing is working.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Governor Hochul to Celebrate Successful First Year of Congestion Pricing | Uploaded January 5, 2026 | 24:20-24:22
“I think one year into it, we can say that we've perhaps permanently changed people's behavior.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Governor Hochul to Celebrate Successful First Year of Congestion Pricing | Uploaded January 5, 2026 | 25:54-26:02
“Under federal law, it's scheduled to go up in 2028 and 2031.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Governor Hochul to Celebrate Successful First Year of Congestion Pricing | Uploaded January 5, 2026 | 26:34-26:40
“I think the $9 is working.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Governor Hochul to Celebrate Successful First Year of Congestion Pricing | Uploaded January 5, 2026 | 26:46-26:48
“We're getting the money we need.”
Mayor Mamdani Joins Governor Hochul to Celebrate Successful First Year of Congestion Pricing | Uploaded January 5, 2026 | 26:47-26:50