President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he has terminated a New York City tolling program through which residents faced massive fees to enter the Central Business District.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sent a letter to New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul announcing the end of the program, which slammed everyday New Yorkers with $9 tolls when traveling in their passenger vehicles to Manhattan.
“New York State’s congestion pricing plan is a slap in the face to working class Americans and small business owners,” Duffy told Hochul.
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“Commuters using the highway system to enter New York City have already financed the construction and improvement of these highways through the payment of gas taxes and other taxes,” he continued.
“But now the toll program leaves drivers
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