Overview
- In a Truth Social post late Monday, President Trump said he will ask Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to consider ending Manhattan’s congestion pricing program.
- The program, launched in January, charges most passenger vehicles $9 during peak periods to enter south of 60th Street and is on track to raise about $500 million this year.
- U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman in May barred the Transportation Department from withholding federal funds, and he intends to issue a ruling on the lawsuit’s merits by the end of December.
- The administration previously rescinded federal approval for the tolling plan and recently froze roughly $18 billion for New York transit projects, including the Hudson River tunnel.
- Trump argues the fee is harming the city and has called it a “ghost town,” while Governor Kathy Hochul says gridlock is easing and revenues support about $15 billion in transit debt financing.