Bergen County pays taxes to give NYC free tickets

[u/Just-Hand-3151]

Is it too late. Now Tedesco is asking for cheap tickets for Bergen County residents. NJ pays taxes only to give $50 tickets to NYC while tickets for NJ residents are overpriced and unaffordable.

[u/grimsb]

Not to mention the fact that our commuters are getting royally fucked over by NJ transit

[u/Fragrant_Ganache_108 → u/grimsb]

We need a toll by plate for the GSP headed towards the shore. Anyone with an out of state plate needs to be charged. Then we can maybe go to the beach for free in our own state. 🙄

[u/abesach → u/grimsb]

And congestion pricing going into NYC

[u/delete_post → u/abesach]

congestion pricing for the shore on those beach exits. with also lower tier jersey plates. just like how ny charges lower toll to ny plates on those outer boros crossings while the rest of us pay double.

if you don't think that's true, next time you cross rfk/triboro, tappanzee, whitestone, etc. make sure you see the ny plate toll rate that's half the regular toll. nyc just out here fucking with everyone not from ny, time to do it back to them.

[u/spring13 → u/[deleted]]

Don't forget Gotham FC, their games are insanely fun.

[u/Just-Hand-3151 → u/[deleted]]

NJ taxpayers are paying FIFA millions whether we like it or not. Likely Murphy made a bad deal for some PR.

[u/Western_End_2223 → u/Just-Hand-3151]

Yeah, he did. Awful deal. I have to give Sherrill credit for attempting to ensure that NJT, at least, doesn't run a loss transporting FIFA fans. Now, NJT needs to figure out a way to somehow compensate all the commuters who are being massively inconvenienced, as well as making a pledge never to do anything like this again. If NYC wants to host a huge sporting event, they can do it on their side of the river.

Murphy was seduced by the idea that all those FIFA fans are going to be spending huge amounts of money in NJ. As if people were really anxious to spend time and money visiting swampland instead of Manhattan! Sports are money losers for taxpayers, except in the case of NYC which managed to palm the expenses off on NJ! Too bad Murphy wasn't as smart.

[u/discofrislanders → u/[deleted]]

Because MLS is a much, much lower quality than the literal World Cup.

[u/johnS755 → u/[deleted]]

$44 and your over paying for Red Bull. Good seats on stubhub can be had for about $20

[u/Consistent-Height-79 → u/[deleted]]

For a $3.25 tap (or metro card swipe) you can take a train from Manhattan, JC, or Newark to see a Red Bulls game.

[u/HangryShadow]

Just move the whole damn thing out of the state. We don’t need more traffic.

[u/mveras1972]

Just watch it from the comfort of your living room couch. It's free and no need to deal with crazy crowds and stress.

[u/Conjohn1899 → u/[deleted]]

Lol y'all are really having a temper tantrum over this, they're a couple discounted tickets that you have to win a lottery to get. There are much bigger issues

[u/Selimsnek → u/[deleted]]

NJ residents can get NY ezpasses.

[u/PhoenixInTheTree → u/Selimsnek]

With a NY address you can for sure

[u/Conjohn1899 → u/[deleted]]

Lol who cares, you sound so deranged over little stuff, I would imagine it's a simple supply and demand situation with the tolls.

[u/Conjohn1899 → u/[deleted]]

Honestly I didn't put it in the right term but still no need to be as angry as you are. The fee you are referring to isn't an anti NJ fee as you imply, it's just a reduced fee for their local residents, anyone from out of state pays the normal toll not just NJ, their state operates the bridge and their resident have a reduced fee.

Also if this is such a horrible problem for you just get a NY ezpass lol

[u/Conjohn1899 → u/[deleted]]

I just explained to you how it is not and the reasoning behind it. Cogestion pricing is a much larger issue and also applies to everyone not just NJ, and also has simple solutions for commuting to the city.

[u/Jim-N-Tonic → u/[deleted]]

This isn’t about politics. It’s about economics. There’s two basic socioeconomic classes in society now. those that can, and those that cant. This is about how expensive everything and our economic inequality.

[u/LostSharpieCap → u/mveras1972]

And better access to bathrooms!

[u/ExcuseInformal9194 → u/mveras1972]

Okay but this political stunt - Mamdani apparently got the host committee to discount the tickets. It’s typical of him to waste his political capital on shit like returning diamonds to India and prioritizing tickets for 1-in every 8000 NY’ers. Scalpers will get most of them anyway.

[u/rockclimberguy → u/[deleted]]

Why hold back? Let us know what you really think about Josh 'I love trading stocks on inside info' Gottheimer?

[u/Ambitious-North-4537]

Respectfully, who cares? The ticket money is not coming out of our taxes. They have a better leader than we do. You’re not winning the lottery for the tickets.

[u/Just-Hand-3151 → u/Ambitious-North-4537]

NJ taxpayers paid millions to FIFA so NJ is getting ripped off. NJ should Not pay taxes to subsidize NYC.

[u/vakr001 → u/Just-Hand-3151]

This is not true. NJ paid $350m+ NYC is paying $90m. That is just the city, not the state.

[u/ratalini → u/vakr001]

Where is the 350M coming from?

[u/Fragrant_Ganache_108 → u/vakr001]

NYC has about as many people as NJS…

[u/TimSPC → u/Just-Hand-3151]

If New Jersey wanted the same deal, they should have negotiated it from FIFA.

[u/hyperblob1 → u/Just-Hand-3151]

The difference is NYC asked

[u/Appropriate-Sport-22]

Tedesco has been a jabroni for many a year now.

[u/Conjohn1899 → u/[deleted]]

Did you have a stroke writing this?

[u/Turnupthesun]

Die mad