Ellen Chang

Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...

In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"

news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

My coverage went up by 26 percent.

“Americans expect to dial back holiday spending significantly this year.”

(Per @gallup.com / Arbor Data)
(via Liz Ann Sonders)

It's a tale of two consumers this holiday season — and they're both at Walmart "They don’t have the sales they used to have,” said Eileen Gowlak, a retiree who is prioritizing groceries at Walmart over clothes. She’s not alone.

".. Obviously, if you’re more affluent, you can afford to buy the things you need. But if you’re seeking out lower prices, then where does the lower-cost consumer go?”

Great snapshot of the current state of retail, via @mikecalia.bsky.social

@nbcnews.com $WMT
www.nbcnews.com/business/con...

Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ

Same product. Same store. Same time. But on Instacart, different customers may see different prices.
My story on a fascinating new experiment from @groundwork.bsky.social & @consumerreports.org and how the idea of a single price is breaking down in the digital age:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...

Fewer folks are quitting their job.

(Lowest quit rate since Aug 2020)

#JOLTS @mikezaccardi.bsky.social

CITI has a new report — advocating for “a new approach where lenders offer borrowers new mortgages at a rate between their existing low rate and current market rates ..”

www.citigroup.com/rcs/citigpa/...

ICE Arrest Data Shows Many Immigrants With No Criminal Record In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.

Trump said last year that he would focus on deporting immigrants who were violent criminals. But a study of arrests in major operations in DC, LA, Illinois and Massachusetts shows that the vast majority of those swept up by ICE have no criminal record.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱

Elon Musk’s X fined $140 million by European Commission over 'deceptive' blue checkmark and lack of transparency The social-media platform has been fined by the bloc after breaching transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA).

Elon Musk’s X fined $140 million by European Commission over ‘deceptive’ blue checkmark and lack of transparency

www.cnbc.com/2025/12/05/e...

Blue got his first real haircut.💙

Not my cup of tea at all.

We saw Jerry Seinfeld at the Sam Morril show at Carnegie tonight. Anyone else see him?

What's a Broadway show or play that I must see?

FYI @carlquintanilla.bsky.social

DealBook Summit Live Updates: G.M. Leader Vows to Keep Improving Fuel Efficiency

🔥 NEW: General Motors CEO Mary Barra vowed at the 2025 DealBook Summit that GM will continue improving fuel efficiency and emissions even if federal standards are weakened. Trump administration is expected to announce it will gut fuel economy standards.

#Climate

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

#FL01

This seems like the kind of declaration by a U.S. president that should be mentioned *somewhere* on the front page of CNN or the NY Times, but the fact that it isn't (as of right now) tells us so much both about how this president is covered and the credibility of the U.S. government.

"If you look at job growth between January and September ... for the past 15 years, it's only been worse once, and that was during the pandemic ... It is the worst first nine months for the labor market in 15 years."

For anyone interested. It's in Norwegian though. Someone saw the solution from his apartment and went outside to solve it.

Canada still welcomes tourists from all nations and doesn't impose a surcharge for non-citizens. Also we are ICE free, except for real ice and snow in the winter wonderland.

Ridiculous.

BREAKING: Judge Scott McAfee grants motion to dismiss Georgia case against Trump, others.

The Fulton County case -- which resulted in guilty pleas by Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Scott Hall, and Kenneth Chesebro -- is officially done.

“.. Japanese officials said the message was worrying: the president didn’t want friction over Taiwan to endanger a detente reached last month with Xi, which includes a promise to buy more agricultural products from American farmers ..”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/world/china/...

It's finally cold enough to wear a jacket!

We love fire pits in Houston, especially when it's 59 degrees.

ETF Central: Former CNBC Senior Markets Correspondent Bob Pisani

Pisani is BACK.

Sharing insights "from his decades covering Wall Street and global markets."

open.spotify.com/episode/1qCZ...

Elon Musk slashes Tesla Robotaxi fleet goal from 500 to ~60 in Austin Elon Musk announced last night that Tesla is planning to “roughly double” its Robotaxi fleet in Austin next month. While...

".. Just last month, Musk explicitly stated that Tesla aimed to have 500 Robotaxis in Austin by the end of the year. Now, 'doubling' the current estimated fleet suggests the actual number will be closer to 60."

@electrek.co $TSLA
electrek.co/2025/11/26/e...

Virginia Is For Lovers — of data-centers that don’t cause wintertime blackouts. 💕

Dow posts 660-point gain as U.S. stocks close higher Tuesday The major U.S. stock-market indexes closed higher on Tuesday, with all three posting their third trading day in a row of gains. It was the largest three-day percentage gain since May for the three ind...

Dow posts 660-point gain as U.S. stocks close higher Tuesday

www.marketwatch.com/livecoverage...

Price cycling dominated the last week- nearly all the largest moves to average gas prices were in cycling markets:
Ohio -26c/gal
Florida +17c/gal
Nevada -13c/gal
Colorado -12c/gal
Delaware -12c/gal
Utah -11c/gal
Maryland -10c/gal
Indiana -10c/gal