The new tolls disproportionately hurt poor people and small businesses, and they punish older and handicapped people.
Many drivers are cheering President Trump’s order to end New York City’s $9 congestion toll, a Biden-approved pilot program effective last month. But the Big Apple is lawyering up. Governor Kathleen Hochul is fighting to keep the toll, and the MTA is suing the U.S. Department of Transportation to preserve it.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy explained to Governor Hochul that the DOT is ending the congestion charge as a matter of simple fairness. It’s forcing New Yorkers who have already paid for roads through their taxes to pay again — with no free way to travel to central Manhattan.