NYC Congestion Tolls Raked In $100M In Two Months

Gothamist reports:

MTA data published Monday shows the agency collected nearly $52 million from drivers through its congestion pricing tolls in February, the same month President Donald Trump decreed the program should be scuttled while comparing himself to a king. The haul means the MTA raked in just over $100 million through congestion pricing between its launch on Jan. 5 and the end of February.

After initially giving the MTA a March 21 deadline to shut down congestion pricing, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy last week issued a 30-day extension. The MTA also has a pending federal lawsuit against Duffy that seeks to invalidate his order to kill the tolls. On Feb. 19, Trump declared the tolls dead, writing “LONG LIVE THE KING” in a social media post after Duffy issued

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