In 2019, state lawmakers approved a congestion pricing program to charge drivers who enter Manhattan south of 60th Street. The program was scheduled to launch on June 30, but Hochul paused it on June 5. She said the cost was too high given economic inflation, adding that the tolls imperiled Manhattan’s post-pandemic recovery.

Hochul said she would updates on MTA funding later this year, without congestion pricing, despite the January 20 inauguration of President-elect Trump.

New York is running short on time to implement congestion pricing in Manhattan after the election of Donald Trump, who opposes the novel tolling initiative.

Advocates for congestion pricing are calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul to act quickly before President-elect Donald Trump can take action on his promise to end the plan in Lower Manhattan. Trump said back in May that he,