MTA honcho Janno Lieber passed the buck on congestion pricing exemptions for the FDNY — telling firefighters on Friday to take up their grievances over the new $9 toll with the city instead.
During an appearance on WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show,” the Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman and CEO rebuffed alarms from firefighters about having to pay the tax while on duty.
“If the firefighters are being told to drive in instead of taking mass transit, the employer has to pay you for the use of that car,” Lieber said…