The price of things has started to increase and now they can point the finger and say, it’s because of “congestion pricing”
There’s no escaping the MTA’s new $15 congestion toll to enter Midtown — even for local residents who don’t drive a car.
A Brooklyn-based air-conditioning and ventilation service firm is already alerting customers below 60th Street in Manhattan that beginning June 30, it will impose a $15 surcharge for all work orders to compensate for the toll, which kicks in that day.
“Note: Starting June 30 all NYC calls below 60th Street will be charged a $15 surcharge for NYC congestion fee,” says Mechanical East, a firm that installs and cleans heating, ventilation and air-conditioning units, in a bill sent to a Manhattan customer after cleaning AC units.
Daniel Flancraich, vice president of Mechanical East, told The Post, “This announcement to my clients is self explanatory.”
Opponents of the toll have been warning for months that companies will pass along its cost to customers while making deliveries of goods and performing service calls.
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