New Yorkers with disabilities have a unique stake in some key components of the city’s congestion pricing policy.
Currently, the MTA says less than 30% of subway stations comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. One of the agency’s main promises is the revenue from congestion pricing will go towards capital improvement projects, including accessibility upgrades in the transit system.
Advocates for people with disabilities were among those who sued the state after Gov. Hochul put the policy on pause last summer.
Anchor Stef Manisero sat down with Dr. Sharon McLennon Wier, executive director at the Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York and a totally blind woman, to discuss the rollout of congestion pricing.