New York – New York $ 9 congestion toll In most drivers who enter Manhattan, he is likely to remain during the summer and possibly in the fall as a demand that seeks to prevent the Trump administration from finishing the progress program.
New York and Federal officials agreed a calendar of information that requires judicial presentations in October, possibly before, according to a letter on Friday to the federal judge who supervises the lawsuit. Federal officials also said they have no plans to seek a court order that stops tolls while the lawsuit proceeds.
The Secretary of Transportation of the United States, Sean Duffy, who described the toll as a “slap to the Americans of the working class and the owners of small businesses,” established a April 20 deadline So that New York ends the congestion price system and has threatened to retain federal state funds. But New York officials say they will not stop the toll.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the Regional Traffic Agency, filed an contested demand Duffy’s decision to rescind Federal toll approval in February. Defenders of congestion prices say that it is intended to dissuade drivers and relieve traffic backups while providing millions of dollars in new income to the besieged transit system in the city.
The United States Department of Transportation did not immediately respond to an email in search of comments on Tuesday. The United States Prosecutor’s Office in Manhattan, which represents Duffy in the lawsuit, declined to comment.
The MTA also declined to comment, saying that Friday’s letter speaks for itself.
A prior conference to the initial trial is scheduled for Wednesday.
The rate began on January 5 in most drivers who enter Manhattan to the south of Central Park. The drivers already paid tolls to cross bridges and tunnels in Manhattan.
President Donald Trump, whose homonym Trump Tower and other properties are within the congestion zone, promised to kill the plan as soon as he assumed the position in January.
