| UN Diplomats Get Exempted
from Congestion Pricing in NYC UN
Refuses Press Questions
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Jan 10 – United Nations
diplomats have gotten
themselves exempted from NYC's
$9 Congestion Price payments,
even as for example lower
income residents of the NYCHA
Al Smith Houses and lower
Manhattan small businesses
complained without recourse
about having to pay
them.
In a
notice tucked into the Federal
Register of January 6, the US
State Department ostensibly
notified the public of
"exemption from charges
assessed by the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority of
New York for entry into its
designated 'Congestion Relief
Zone' for foreign missions and
certain international
organizations. This benefit
extends to members and
personnel of and
representatives to such
foreign missions and
international
organizations."
Perhaps
exemption for other countries'
ambassadors is understandable,
if those countries similar
exempt US diplomats. But why
allow already overpaid UN
staff - and officials like
Antonio Guterres and his
bloated UN Security detail -
to not pay what other New
Yorkers - and for example New
Jersey residents - pay?
UN
Spokesman Stephane Dujarric
refuses to answer Inner City
Press' written questions,
after having it thrown
out of the UN; Melissa
Fleming has ignored a request
for dialogue on press freedom
from pro bono law firm Quinn
Emanuel.
Will
this change going forward?
Watch this site.
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