John Durso, Long Island's congestion pricing rep, seeks Manhattan toll plan buy-in
Imran Ansari
Friday, July 14, 2023
If we do not have buy-in from the public, all of this will be for nothing, because people will not get out of their cars,” said John Durso, president of the Long Island Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO — an umbrella group of more than 160 union locals — and the newest appointee to the state’s Traffic Mobility Review Board (TMRB).
MTA officials, he said, “need to be able to present this to the public in such a way that they understand that it’s not just about money. It’s about quality of life. It’s about the air that we breathe.”