Joint Letter to MTA Board Chair Lieber on TMRB Appointments

We write to urge the MTA Board to make its appointments to the Traffic Mobility Review  Board (TMRB) with the utmost urgency and to ensure that at least one of the individuals appointed  is a resident of Manhattan. 

As supporters of congestion pricing and a fully-funded public transportation system, we ask  the MTA Board to make appointments to the TMRB as soon as possible. With implementation of  congestion pricing already delayed to 2023 due to federal regulations, we must do everything we  can to ensure that the program can start as soon as possible. The sooner the appointments are made,  the more time there will be for the TMRB to create a plan that most effectively raises revenue and  decreases congestion in Manhattan’s Central Business District. 

In addition, we continue to request that at least one member of the TMRB be a resident of  Manhattan, the borough where congestion pricing will be implemented. We are fully supportive of  this program, and excited for the benefits it will deliver to Manhattan and the region, but residents  of Manhattan will face unique impacts from the program, and having a representative from  Manhattan will help those impacts be taken into account. A Manhattanite joining the representatives  from the Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road regions will ensure a community-based  perspective that will improve the tolling program. 

Congestion pricing has been successful in cities around the globe, and we are excited to see  it implemented in New York City. In order to ensure that success, we believe it is essential for the  TMRB to be appointed swiftly, and for that board to include Manhattan representation.  

Sincerely, 

Liz Krueger Adriano Espaillat Jerry Nadler State Senator Congressman Congressman 

Carolyn Maloney Nydia Velasquez Cordell Cleare Congresswoman Congresswoman State Senator

Brad Hoylman Robert Jackson Brian Kavanagh State Senator State Senator State Senator  

José Serrano Inez Dickens Harvey Epstein State Senator State Assembly Member State Assembly Member 

Deborah Glick Richard Gottfried Yuh-Line Niou State Assembly Member State Assembly Member State Assembly Member 

Danny O’Donnell Dan Quart Linda Rosenthal State Assembly Member State Assembly Member State Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright Al Taylor Mark Levine State Assembly Member State Assembly Member Manhattan Borough  President 

Shaun Abreu Diana Ayala Erik Bottcher City Council Member City Council Member City Council Member 

Gale A. Brewer Carmen De La Rosa Kristin Richardson Jordan City Council Member City Council Member City Council Member 

Julie Menin Keith Powers Carlina Rivera City Council Member City Council Member City Council Member