Less than a month after the Long Island Expressway's Clean Pass program lapsed, some groups and lawmakers are trying to bring it back, saying commutes have gotten longer since electric vehicles got booted from the HOV lanes...

About 48,000 Clean Pass vehicles lost their ability to legally use the high-occupancy vehicle lanes on Oct. 1 because the federal government did not renew permission for New York and 14 other states to grant exemptions for zero-emission vehicles in HOV lanes on federal highways.

Currently, only carpoolers are able to use the HOV lanes.

Janis Boremski, 49, a teacher who lives in Huntington and works in Valley Stream, said she decided to pay $200 more per month to purchase a plug-in hybrid Chrysler Pacifica, rather than the gas version, in 2021 so she could spend mo

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