New York State and federal officials have agreed to a timeline after which the controversial congestion pricing program will end sometime in the fall.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy isn’t giving up on ending the program sooner. He may try to yank funding from some mass transit programs to force Governor Kathy Hochul to bend to his will.
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Hochul and the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) claim they need $15 billion, or the subway and bus system will fall apart. It’s probably true. Mass transit in New York City was a marvel of city planning until politicians at the state and local levels started finding other things to spend transit funds on rather than maintenance.
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The congestion pricing scheme seemed the perfect solution. As long as
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