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Canceling Congestion Pricing Could Kill 100,000 New York Jobs
Thousands of high-paying jobs in the state could be at risk if the funding that had been expected from congestion pricing is not restored, a new report says.
By Stefanos Chen
From an office in Midtown and my home in Queens, I write about how the pandemic has changed the way the city works — the job market, the changing business landscape and the people who make it all run.
I covered real estate, the linchpin of the city’s economy, for more than a decade. I wrote about fraudsters who stole houses from elderly homeowners; the billionaires fighting over the city’s new supertall skyline; and the many mistakes that led to the affordable housing crisis. Before joining The Times in 2017, I covered housing for five years at The Wall Street Journal.
I speak conversational Greek, with a Queens accent.
Like all Times journalists, I follow the standards outlined in our Ethical Journalism Handbook. Only a fraction of my reporting makes it to the page, because so much of it involves the work of fact-checking claims, considering different viewpoints, and ensuring fairness in our coverage.
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