N.Y. governor says congestion pricing will remain despite federal deadline to end the program Sunday

Source: NBC News

April 20, 2025, 5:00 PM EDT


New York City’s $9 congestion toll on drivers in Manhattan’s busiest areas will remain in effect, despite the federal government’s Sunday deadline to scrap it.

In a statement about the deadline, a spokesperson for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said, “The program is working. Traffic is down, business is up and the cameras are staying on.”

The U.S. Transportation Department said in a statement to NBC New York on Friday that it expected New York to comply with the Sunday deadline to “terminate this program.” “USDOT will continue to fight for working class Americans whose tax dollars have already funded and paid for these roads,” it said.

But Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials told NBC New York it was unlikely anything would change Sunday, given that a federal judge has so far sided with New York that the toll is legal, and court filings suggest it will most likely take until the fall for the case to be fully resolved.

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