If ya ain't rich . . .

Stay out of New York.

City Council Approves Fee to Drive Below 60th

By DIANE CARDWELL The controversial proposal to charge drivers in the busiest parts of Manhattan took a major step forward on Monday, with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Speaker Christine C. Quinn wrenching approval from the City Council by an unusually slim margin. Under intense pressure from the mayor, Ms. Quinn and their allies that continued almost until the voting began, council members approved the plan to charge most drivers $8 to enter a zone below 60th Street by a vote of 30 to 20, with no abstentions and one absence.

Or at least Manhattan.

More and more, New York is a city divided - you're welcome if you're wealthy and-or a tourist; all others, tough shit.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/01/nyregion/01congestion.html?ex=1364788800&en=27b5ea0fd539404a&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink