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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sent an ultimatum to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to end the congestion tax by May 21 or face huge cuts in federal funding for transportation projects.
“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,” Mr. Duffy wrote. “We are giving New York one last chance to turn back or prove their actions are not illegal.”
The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), which operates the toll system, has twice refused to comply with Secretary Duffy’s requests to present a plan to end the toll. Duffy and Donald Trump believe that the approval given to the plan by the Biden administration was illegal in that it failed to meet all the criteria for implementing congestion pricing laid out in the 2019 Traffic Mobility Act, which explicitly states that the plan must comply with all federal laws and regulations.
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