PKMKII [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 28 days agoBowing to Special Interest Pressure, NY Governor Hochul “Indefinitely Delaying” Congestion Pricingnyc.streetsblog.orgexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down10
arrow-up181arrow-down1external-linkBowing to Special Interest Pressure, NY Governor Hochul “Indefinitely Delaying” Congestion Pricingnyc.streetsblog.orgPKMKII [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square61fedilink
minus-squareShinji_Ikari [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·28 days agoI know several gen-x and millennial working class folks who need to drive into Manhattan with their tools to do jobs in Manhattan. Offices don’t just materialize and sadly its hard to bring ladders and boxes of power tools on the subway.
minus-squareegg1918 [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 days agoDo they pay the bridge tolls out of their own pocket, or does their boss/customer pay the tolls?
minus-squareShinji_Ikari [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agoDepends. At least one has a company truck that probably has tolls paid for, but the boss wont even pay for new tires so who knows. The others are more or less contractors and take their own ride in and pay for the tolls.
I know several gen-x and millennial working class folks who need to drive into Manhattan with their tools to do jobs in Manhattan. Offices don’t just materialize and sadly its hard to bring ladders and boxes of power tools on the subway.
Yes, exactly.
Do they pay the bridge tolls out of their own pocket, or does their boss/customer pay the tolls?
Depends. At least one has a company truck that probably has tolls paid for, but the boss wont even pay for new tires so who knows.
The others are more or less contractors and take their own ride in and pay for the tolls.