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The MTA will host eight webinars over the month of December for New Yorkers to learn more about the forthcoming Central Business District Tolling Program — better known as congestion pricing — which begins on Jan. 5.

Each online program, the MTA said, will explain the operation of congestion pricing in Manhattan, as well as the various discounts and exemptions available. 

On Monday, the MTA board approved a reduced peak toll of $9 for passenger vehicles traveling into areas of Manhattan below 60th Street— an area known as the Congestion Relief Zone. Increases in charges will be “phased in” to the originally-approved $15 rate by 2031.

The first of the 60-minute general webinars about congestion pricing will take place on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 4, from 4 to 5 p.m. Five additional general webinars will take place between Dec. 6 and 19. Each program will include a 30-minute presentation on the Congestion Relief Zone and a Q&A session.

Additionally, the MTA has scheduled a Dec. 4 seminar, from 3 to 4 p.m., focused on the Individual Disability Exemption Plan (IDEP) and a Dec. 5 seminar, from 2 to 3 p.m., on the Low-Income Discount Plan.  

All participants must register online at new.mta.info/article/congestion-relief-zone-tolling-webinars for the webinar they wish to attend. They will also be invited to send in questions through the registration link. 

A translated video of the webinar presentation will be made available next month for anyone who requires language assistance, the MTA said.

Schedule of webinars

Individual Disability Exemption Plan Webinar: Wednesday, Dec. 4, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
General Webinar: Wednesday, Dec. 4, 4-5 p.m.
Low-Income Discount Plan Webinar: Thursday, Dec. 5, 2-3 p.m.
General Webinar: Friday, Dec. 6, 12:30-1:30 p.m.
General Webinar: Tuesday, Dec. 10, 6-7 p.m.
General Webinar: Thursday, Dec. 12, 11 a.m.-noon.
General Webinar: Monday, Dec. 16, 6-7p.m.
General Webinar: Thursday, Dec. 19, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Winter is tough on Brooklyn’s aging brownstones. More pipes are freezing, roofs are getting damaged by wind, and people are slipping on icy sidewalks. For owners, these increased claims are one reason why multi-family apartment insurance rates are jumping up 20 percent to 25 percent every year.

Your building might be at risk if it has:

• Old pipes
• Old heating systems
• Aging roof
• Outdated wiring
• Poor insulation

Here’s the good news

Brownstone Agency has something no other insurance agency offers – a way to lock in your current insurance rate for three years, to 2028. Think about it: While other building owners face big price hikes each year, you could keep today’s lower rate.

What claims your policy can cover:

• Protection if pipes freeze
• Coverage for ice damage
• Protection if someone slips and falls
• Quick emergency repair coverage
• Discounts for building improvements

Money-saving tip: If you keep good maintenance records and fix things before they break, you could save even more money on your insurance.

Why this matters

Insurance prices are going up, and winter problems make them go up even more. But you can’t get this three-year rate lock anywhere else — only Brownstone Agency offers it.

Want to know more? Give Brownstone Agency a call to learn how to protect your building and save money at the same time.

A 75-year-old man was killed, and several people — including a 9-year-old girl — were injured in a massive pile-up crash on the Kosciuszko Bridge on Thursday morning, per police. 

Traffic was flowing on the rain-slicked Brooklyn-bound side of the bridge at 10:50 a.m. on Nov. 21, authorities said, when a 46-year-old male driver smashed his car into another vehicle, causing that car, a sedan, to flip on its side.

Two other vehicles were also struck in the aftermath, including a green outer borough taxi, police reported.

Several people were taken by paramedics to Elmhurst Hospital, where the 75-year-old driver of the sedan was pronounced dead. His 9-year-old female passenger was listed in stable condition.

Police said the circumstances of the crash were not yet known. The incident remains under investigation. The NYPD urged motorists to use alternate routes of travel.

The Kosciuszko Bridge carries the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway between both boroughs and crosses the Newtown Creek.

This story first appeared on Brooklyn Paper’s sister site amNewYork. 

A MINIVAN RAN OVER a woman lying in the road in New Lots on Wednesday, Nov. 20, around 6:09 p.m., sending the unidentified woman.

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