The NYPD issued over 100 summonses in a six-hour interval in Manhattan Wednesday morning to drivers making an attempt to stiff the newly applied congestion toll, police mentioned.
From 6 a.m. to midday, officers stationed at sixtieth St. and Second Ave., and sixtieth St. and Broadway, handed out 113 tickets. Of these, 52 had been for autos with obstructed or blocked license plates — a violation that’s been closely focused because the congestion pricing program went into impact Sunday.
Along with the summonses, 10 autos had been seized in the course of the operation — eight of which had suspended registrations, and two that had been impounded for different causes. One particular person was arrested on the scene, although authorities clarified the bust was for a warrant unrelated to congestion pricing.
Congestion pricing indicators welcome drivers on Park Ave. within the 60’s trying south Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Day by day Information)
The remaining violations included suspended licenses, unregistered autos and different offenses according to the town’s expanded enforcement efforts beneath the congestion pricing program, which now expenses drivers $9 to enter Manhattan’s busiest areas south of sixtieth St., together with elements of the Monetary District, Midtown and decrease Manhattan.
Additionally handcuffed on the checkpoint close to Columbus Circle was Staten Island artist, activist and really offended Scott LoBaido.
In a video posted to his X account, LoBaido parked his automotive simply earlier than the toll cameras and coated his entrance license plate with duct tape and his rear with a cutout of a center finger, obscuring the tags.
LoBaido stood on the roof of his SUV holding a bigger cutout of a center finger. “F–k you! F–k you!,” the artist shouted. “F–k your congestion f–king prices!”
The video then cuts to a gaggle of cops trying to coax him off his automotive and get him to maneuver to the sidewalk. He was issued two summonses for disorderly conduct for making a hazardous situation and obstruction of vehicular site visitors, police mentioned.
Initially Printed: January 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM EST
