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Pumping the breaks

Signs, including some advising drivers of congestion pricing tolls, are displayed near the exit of the Lincoln Tunnel in New York, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025.
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Signs, including some advising drivers of congestion pricing tolls, are displayed near the exit of the Lincoln Tunnel in New York, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman celebrates what could be the end of congestion pricing. Emergency dredging is underway at Montauk Inlet. Senators from our region express concerns over more federal job cuts by the Trump administration. A new bill in Connecticut would make movie theaters disclose the real time a movie actually starts. Plus, Governor Hochul’s plan to combat staffing shortages across New York.

Sabrina is host and producer of WSHU’s daily podcast After All Things. She also produces the climate podcast Higher Ground and other long-form news and music programs at the station. Sabrina spent two years as a WSHU fellow, working as a reporter and assisting with production of The Full Story.
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