Trump Admin Orders End to New York Congestion Tolling

A political and legal fight is brewing over New York City’s congestion tolling pilot program, with the Trump administration ordering the program to shut down, and New York vowing to fight back.

The tolling program was first proposed in 2023 as a way to reduce traffic in New York’s busy Manhattan borough, although it’s been plagued by fits and starts, and consistently faced criticism from businesses and lawmakers alike. In June 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul paused the program less than a month before it was originally scheduled to begin, saying at the time that it would risk “too many unintended consequences…