A federal judge in New York has temporarily prevented President Trump from retaliating against the state over its Manhattan congestion toll.
Malliotakis has long opposed congestion pricing, arguing that her south Brooklyn and Staten Island constituents would be unfairly impacted.
“Judge Liman’s clear, detailed ruling leaves no doubt: Congestion pricing is legal. It’s here to stay. And it works.”
NEW YORK’S CONGESTION PRICING PROGRAM HAS PROVEN SUCCESSFUL, Governor Kathy Hochul said on its first birthday.
Governor Kathy Hochul and the MTA on Friday announced that bus service will increase on 14 local routes beginning Sunday, June 29.
GOV. HOCHUL celebrated a temporary restraining order which puts on hold the Trump administration’s plan to freeze the city’s transit funds.
THE LOWER MANHATTAN congestion pricing program raked in $159 million in tolls in its first three months, the MTA announced Monday.
The memo, intended for a U.S. Department of Transportation attorney, was inadvertently filed Wednesday night.
On Monday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy gave the state another 30 days — until May 21 — to stop collecting the toll.
CONGESTION PRICING CAN REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL AT LEAST OCTOBER, according to an agreement between the MTA and the federal government.
Federal officials also said they have no plans to seek an injunction that would stop the tolls while the lawsuit proceeds.
Traffic in Manhattan’s central business district has decreased by 11% and is moving up to 30% faster due to congestion pricing.
THE NYC METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY has vowed to continue the congestion pricing program, even though
TWO ADVOCACY GROUPS are joining the MTA’s lawsuit in Manhattan federal court against the Trump administration.
State officials on Wednesday vowed to continue the tolling program, which is meant to thin traffic and pump new revenue.
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION gave New York City a deadline of March 21 to end its congestion pricing plan.
To reach its target for the year, the MTA will have to pull in about $41.6M in net revenue a month on average.
President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday ordered a halt to New York City’s congestion pricing system, which thins traffic and funds mass transit by imposing high tolls on drivers entering some parts
THE MTA’S HEAD, JANNO LIEBER, HAS ALREADY FILED PAPERS IN COURT to block the Trump administration from canceling the program.
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS ENDED APPROVAL for congestion pricing, and President Trump has moved to cancel it altogether.
Open Plans, a grassroots advocacy group for public spaces, has spoken out against President Trump’s plan to kill congestion pricing.
AS FORMER SKEPTICS OF CONGESTION PRICING are starting to appreciate the tolling plan, President Trump aims to kill the policy altogether.
THE MTA HAS BEGUN a congestion pricing sting operation at the entrance of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, fining drivers with fake plates.
NEW JERSEY’S GOVERNOR Phil Murphy on Monday wrote to President Trump, urging the president to work towards ending NYC’s congestion pricing.
MAYOR ADAMS ON Monday declined to either endorse or oppose a potential move by Trump to shut down the city’s new congestion pricing.
THE START OF CONGESTION PRICING was as tough on the E-Z Pass website as it was on drivers trying to enter Manhattan,
THE VERRAZZANO NARROWS BRIDGE, which connects Brooklyn and Staten Island over New York Harbor (midway between the Upper Bay and Lower Bay).
PRAISING THE START OF CONGESTION PRICING, NYC COMPTROLLER BRAD LANDER is determined to win over those New Yorkers who are “doubters.”
BROOKLYN SUBWAY STATIONS ON the A/C and J/Z lines stand to get improvements from revenue generated from the congestion pricing plan.
SEVERAL CATEGORIES OF DRIVERS are eligible for congestion pricing discounts or even total relief, according to MTA.
THE MTA ON WEDNESDAY approved a financial plan that could lead to a fare hike of as much as 4% in August of next year.
EIGHT PUBLIC WEBINARS that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is offering on the new Congestion Pricing plan aim to help New Yorkers.
THE U.S. FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION ON FRIDAY APPROVED the revised congestion pricing plan, the MTA said Friday.
THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY’S BOARD VOTED 12-1 ON MONDAY TO APPROVE the revised congestion pricing plan.
WHILE THE STARTING TOLL CHARGE from the revived congestion pricing plan has been capped at $9 when the program begins in January.
QUOTED THURSDAY ON BLOOMBERG DAYBREAK, Brooklyn Congressmember Nicole Malliotakis (R-11) on Nov. 14.