The plan, which would have required cars entering Manhattan below 60th St. between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. on weekdays to pay $8 and trucks $21, needed to pass by Monday for the city to receive $354 million in federal funds earmarked for mass transit improvements.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver announced the chamber wouldn’t take up the congestion plan due to heavy opposition within the predominantly Democratic assembly, an AP report said. (Tire Review/Akron)