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.

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,

President Donald Trump has made clear that ending congestion pricing is one of his policy priorities. When Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the federal government would revoke its approval of the tolls charging drivers a base fare of $9 to travel south of 60th Street in Manhattan, Trump declared “ LONG LIVE THE KING !”