Gov. Kathy Hochul stated she has no plans on complying with a federal deadline to finish New York Metropolis’s deeply unpopular congestion pricing scheme on Sunday — with a spokesman defiantly telling The Publish that “the cameras are staying on.”
The White Home in February threatened to dam the Metropolitan Transportation Authority from amassing the $9 toll, which went into impact Jan. 5 for automobiles getting into elements of Manhattan under sixtieth Avenue.
The MTA filed a lawsuit in opposition to the Trump administration that month, with town and state’s transportation later piling on and becoming a member of the authorized motion in opposition to the feds.
“Despite the Administration’s ‘royal’ decree, its effort to summarily and unilaterally overturn the solution to the City’s congestion enacted by New Yorkers’ elected representatives is unlawful and invalid,” the amended criticism states.
Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams voiced his assist of the lawsuit as New York barreled towards the April 20 deadline final week.
The White Home has declined to specify what, if something, will occur if New York ignored the deadline set by the US Division of Transportation.
The company earlier this month posted on X it would “not hesitate to use every tool at our disposal” to close the tolls down if the state didn’t comply, however refused to offer specifics.
The White Home beforehand demanded the MTA cease amassing tolls March 21, however Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy introduced earlier than the deadline that the US DOT granted a 30-day extension by Sunday as negotiations continued.
In an announcement to The Publish Sunday, MTA Chief, Coverage and Exterior Relations John J. McCarthy reaffirmed the company’s choice to sue the DOT, and hit out in opposition to Duffy for throwing his weight round.
“In case there were any doubts, MTA, State and City reaffirmed in a court filing that congestion pricing is here to stay and that the arguments Secretary Duffy made trying to stop it have zero merit,” the spokesman stated.
The US DOT didn’t reply to a request for remark by The Publish on Sunday in response to the defiant response from Hochul’s workplace because the deadline lapsed.
