Since then, the Trump administration has threatened to withhold billions of dollars in federal transit dollars if New York officials don’t wind down the tolling program by May 21.,“The federal government sends billions to New York — but we won’t foot the bill if Governor Hochul continues to implement an illegal toll to backfill the budget of New York’s failing transit system,

An embarrassing disclosure by federal lawyers revealed the weaknesses in the government’s bid to end the New York toll program. It could mark a turning point in the case.