Mark Simone on the voice of New York, 710 W.O.R.

Well, we've got lots to get to this hour.

Manhattan is coming back.

If you haven't been in the city, it is coming back.

Traffic is busier than ever.

The sidewalks are full.

You see suits and ties, which means some people are back in their office.

But the rush hour traffic bigger than before the pandemic.

That's because last year was the biggest year ever for car sales.

People because of the virus don't want to take the train, don't want to take mass transit.

And because of the crime out of control control they don't want to go through

Penn Station they don't want to get on the subway so more people than ever are

now driving in and out of Manhattan that means Mayor de Blasio drooling over this

congestion pricing he wants to what did he say he wants to get that in effect as fast

as humanly possible. The congestion pricing.

You notice when he talks about the crime,

congestion pricing, as fast as humanly possible.

He's with lightning speed wants that congestion pricing.

Fix your crime problem.

They'll get to it.

Anyway, it's not only getting busier, but restaurants

are doing more business than ever because they're back at 100% inside, and they got all those

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