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How Congestion Pricing Will Affect Small Businesses

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08.01.2025

New York City’s controversial new toll could hurt small businesses by making deliveries more expensive—or help them by reducing traffic jams.

BY BRIAN CONTRERAS, STAFF REPORTER @_B_CONTRERAS_

Cars pass under a congestion pricing warning sign on George Washington Bridge as congestion pricing takes effect in New York City on January 5, 2024. Photo: Getty Images

Are you planning to visit New York City for work in the new year? Does your company rely on deliveries to lower Manhattan? Heads up: Many drivers will now have to pay to enter Manhattan south of 60th street.

Over the weekend, the largest city in the U.S. launched a new program requiring drivers to pay $9 each time they enter the lower portion of Manhattan between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. on weekdays and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on........

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