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Congestion pricing OK'd by council

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to chargedrivers extra tolls in congested parts of Manhattan inched closer to approval on Monday with authorization by the City Council.

The concept, known as congestion pricing, still faces its most substantial hurdle in Albany, where legislators were focused on finishing the state budget and wereexpected to take it up later this week.

The Legislature...

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