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A standoff is brewing between Donald Trump and New York

Spotlighting the stories that make New York City

January 27, 2025 Jesse Goodman
President-elect Donald Trump talks to reporters after a meeting with Republican leadership at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Washington. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
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President Donald Trump has made it clear he plans to repeal the policies of the Biden administration and assert his own vision for New York. Standing in his way are city and state politicians, who retain their own authority to block Trump’s efforts.

The battle begins with congestion pricing and deportations. “I will TERMINATE Congestion Pricing in my FIRST WEEK back in Office!!!” Trump wrote on Truth Social in May. To do so, he will have to get around Gov. Kathy Hochul, who remains committed to the congestion toll. 

Trump’s plans for mass deportations in New York City will have to overcome its status as a sanctuary city. “Sanctuary jurisdictions aren’t going to stop what we’re going to do,” Thomas D. Homan, Trump’s new border czar, said in an interview with NewsNation in December. 

Read how Trump plans to undermine NYC policies and what NY legislators are doing to stop him.

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