New York Reacts to Pres. Trump’s Effort to Stop the MTA Congestion Pricing Program

Following the receipt by Gov. Hochul of an emailed letter from Secretary Sean Duffy of the U.S. Department of Transportation announcing an attempt to end federal approval of the MTA’s Congestion Pricing Program, within minutes the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) initiated legal proceedings in the Southern District of New York to preserve the critical program according to the announcement by Gov. Hochul who was joined by Jano Lieber, the Chairman and CEO of the MTA. Already in the few weeks since launching on January 5th, the program has continued to gain support and already shown some positive results. New York State’s move to “fight” to save the program received additional support from a number of Queens officials along with others that also spoke out according to news reports by the New York Post and QNS. During some of her final remarks at the press conference, Gov. Hochul expressed her confidence in the success of the lawsuit, stating that “the cameras are staying on.”TrumpRescindsCongestionPricing_021925.pdf