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Trump Asks Duffy to Consider Ending New York City’s Congestion Pricing

A preliminary injunction keeps the tolls in place pending a merits ruling expected by December.

Photo by: NDZ/STAR MAX/IPx 2025 1/2/25 Congestion pricing plate readers are installed over Broadway on January 2, 2025 in New York City. Cars entering Manhattan south of 60th Street during peak periods will be charged a toll of 9 dollars per day starting on January 9th.
Vehicles pass a sign on 9th Avenue announcing New York City's congestion pricing program in effect charging drivers for entering the central business district in Manhattan below 60th street in New York City, U.S., January 6, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Segar
A sign on 9th Avenue announcing New York City's congestion pricing program into effect charging drivers for entering the central business district in Manhattan below 60th street in New York City, U.S., January 6, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Overview

  • Trump said Monday he will ask Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to again consider terminating New York City’s vehicle congestion fee.
  • The program, launched in January, charges most cars $9 to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street during peak periods and is on track to raise about $500 million this year.
  • In May, U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Transportation Department from withholding federal funding while the case proceeds.
  • Duffy previously warned New York that environmental approvals or project funding could be withheld if the tolls continued, though no new enforcement action has been announced.
  • The administration recently froze roughly $18 billion for regional transit projects, including the Hudson River tunnel, as Governor Kathy Hochul defends the tolls as critical to $15 billion in mass‑transit financing.