Quinnipiac: 52 Percent of NYC Voters Oppose Congestion Price Plan

More than half of New York City voters are against a congestion pricing plan that would charge motorists for driving into Manhattan, with the money from the charge going to mass transit, according to the latest Quinnipiac University poll.

Overall, 52 percent of city voters oppose the plan.

However, results vary around New York, according to the results:

• 42 percent in New York oppose the plan while 52 percent support it.
• 44 percent in Manhattan oppose the plan, while 50 percent support it.
• 49 percent in Queens oppose the plan, while 45 percent support it.
• 61 percent in the Bronx oppose the plan, while 30 percent support it.
• 56 percent in Staten Island oppose the plan, while 40 percent support it.
• 56 percent in Brooklyn oppose the plan, while 39 percent support it.

The New York voters support raising taxes on those who earn more than $1 million per year to pay for mass transit; 75 percent support vs. 21 percent who oppose that plan.

Given a choice between raising taxes on those who earn more than $1 million per year, 66 percent favor taxing the millionaires.

"When voters have a choice between congestion pricing, which anyone who drives or takes a taxi or Uber would pay, and a millionaires' tax, which only millionaires would pay, are you surprised at the results?" said Tim Malloy, the Quinnipiac poll assistant director.

In other poll results:

• 90 percent of New Yorkers in the poll say traffic congestion in New York is "very" or "somewhat" serious.
• 52 percent of New Yorkers say the quality of city buses is "excellent" or "good."
• 42 percent said city buses are "not so good" or "poor."

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