{"id":2407466,"date":"2025-02-27T12:09:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T17:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-sets-hard-deadline-for-new-york-city-to-comply\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T12:11:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T17:11:54","slug":"trump-administration-sets-hard-deadline-for-new-york-city-to-comply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-sets-hard-deadline-for-new-york-city-to-comply\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Administration Sets Hard Deadline for New York City to Comply"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-administration-sets-hard-deadline-for-new-york-city-to-comply%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2407466&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article\u2064 discusses the ongoing conflict\u2062 between the Trump administration and New York State\u2064 regarding a newly implemented\u2062 congestion pricing plan in Manhattan.Under \u200dthis plan, drivers entering\u2062 manhattan \u200cbelow 60th street are charged a $9 fee, which was introduced to generate revenue \u2063for the Metropolitan Transit \u2064Authority (MTA) improvements. Transportation \u2064Secretary Sean \u2063Duffy announced that the Trump administration intends to terminate this plan, arguing \u2064it unfairly burdens working-class Americans and small business owners by removing free highway access and increasing \u2063costs for deliveries,\u2064 which could lead to \u2062higher consumer\u200b prices. \u2063New York Governor Kathy Hochul has expressed defiance, vowing to keep the tolls and the associated cameras operational, stating\u2062 that this move from the federal government\u2063 undermines New York&#8217;s sovereignty. Despite the controversy, the tolls reportedly brought in about $49 million in January,\u2064 supporting \u200bthe argument that the plan effectively reduced traffic congestion\u2062 in the area.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s a &ldquo;High Noon&rdquo; moment coming for New York City as the Trump administration tries to end the congestion pricing plan that started last month.<\/p>\n<p>Under the plan, any driver who enters Manhattan below 60th Street gets slapped with a $9 fee. The plan was adopted by state officials to raise money for Metropolitan Transit Authority improvements, as noted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/20\/us-news\/did-trump-officially-kill-nyc-congestion-pricing-heres-what-happens-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/ops.fhwa.dot.gov\/memorandum\/Cordon_Outgoing_letter.htm\">letter<\/a> from Gloria Shepherd, executive director of the Federal Highway Administration, to state officials, said the toll must end on March 21.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Transportation Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-new-transportation-secretary-takes-a-sledgehammer-to-bidens-de-facto-ev-mandate-as-his-first-act-in-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sean Duffy<\/a> wrote New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to tell her that the plan was being killed by the Trump administration,<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;New York State&rsquo;s congestion pricing plan is a slap in the face to working class Americans and small business owners,&rdquo; he said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/highways.dot.gov\/newsroom\/us-department-transportation-terminates-tolling-approval-new-york-citys-cordon-pricing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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. But now the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-tears-up-new-yorks-congestion-pricing-plan\/\" title=\"... tears up New York\u2019s ...\">toll program leaves drivers<\/a> without any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-governor-kathy-hochul-furious-after-trump-admin-pulls-the-plug-on-her-wildly-unpopular-toll-scheme\/\" title=\"NY Governor ... Furious After ... Admin Pulls the Plug on Her Wildly Unpopular Toll Scheme\">free highway alternative<\/a>, and instead, takes more money from working people to pay for a transit system and not highways,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The New York plan is &ldquo;backwards and unfair,&rdquo; Duffy said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The program also hurts small businesses in New York that rely on customers from New Jersey and Connecticut. Finally, it impedes the flow of commerce into New York by increasing costs for trucks, which in turn could make goods more expensive for consumer. Every American should be able to access New York City regardless of their economic means. It shouldn&rsquo;t be reserved for an elite few,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The release noted two major issues with the plan. For one, there is no free highway access to drivers entering the area, the release said. The other reason was that this was a money grab for the MTA, with no connection at all to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sandag-board-removes-controversial-mileage-tax-from-2025-regional-plan\/\" title=\"SANDAG Board scraps &#039;Mileage Tax&#039; from 2025 Regional ....\">reducing traffic congestion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Duffy&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/ops.fhwa.dot.gov\/memorandum\/VPPPletter_termination_021925.pdf?_gl=1*c9ksom*_ga*MTE1ODg2NDM4MS4xNzQwNjYxNzM0*_ga_VW1SFWJKBB*MTc0MDY2MTczNC4xLjEuMTc0MDY2MjI5OC4wLjAuMA..\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> to Hochul noted that congestion pricing was approved by the Biden administration in November after Donald Trump has won the election.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul has said that the state will keep raking in cash in defiance of the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The cameras are staying on. We are keeping the cameras on,&rdquo; she said last week, according to the New York Post, referring to the license plate cameras that snap who enters Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t care if you love congestion pricing or hate it. This is an attack on our sovereign identity, our independence from Washington,&rdquo; she <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NY1\/status\/1892338430211707227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers paid about $49 million in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-york-gov-kathy-hochul-issues-defiant-response-pam-bondis-charges-might-end-regretting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">congestion pricing<\/a> tolls in January, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/24\/us-news\/mta-collected-nearly-49m-from-congestion-pricing-and-data-shows-commuters-were-hit-hardest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Post reported that about 68 percent of the revenue came from cars.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said traffic in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">congestion pricing zone dropped 9 percent<\/a> during the first month of the tolls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ny-governor-kathy-hochul-furious-trump-administration-pulls-plug-wildly-unpopular-toll-scheme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hochul<\/a> went to the White House to plead her case for the tolls to remain, but Trump said he came away unfazed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t see how I can back off. The tax is devastating,&rdquo; Trump said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/22\/opinion\/michael-goodwin-trump-reveals-how-white-house-meeting-with-hochul-went-after-prezs-admin-axes-nyc-congestion-pricing\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=nypost_opinion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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This initiative imposes a $9 charge on drivers entering Manhattan below 60th Street, aimed at generating funds for improvements to the Metropolitan Transit Authority, according to the New York Post. A letter from Gloria Shepherd, executive director of the Federal Highway Administration, indicated that this toll must cease by March 21. Earlier this month, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy informed New York Governor Kathy Hochul that the Trump administration was scrapping the plan, labeling it a &#8220;slap in the face&#8221; to working-class Americans and small business owners. Duffy criticized how commuters have already funded highway construction through gas taxes and other fees but are now faced with tolls without any free highway alternatives. He argued that this program is detrimental to small businesses reliant on customers from neighboring states and could raise costs for consumers due to increased trucking expenses. The release highlighted two main concerns: lack of free access for drivers entering Manhattan and accusations of it being a money grab by MTA unrelated to traffic reduction efforts. Despite federal opposition, Hochul has vowed to continue collecting tolls and maintain license plate cameras monitoring entry into Manhattan. In January alone, drivers paid approximately $49 million in congestion fees, with about 68% of revenue coming from cars; traffic in the zone reportedly decreased by 9% during its first month of implementation. Hochul attempted to advocate for keeping these tolls during discussions at the White House but left without success as Trump remained resolute against them<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2407467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/NY-Officials.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[51232,36586,36462,32640,51233],"class_list":["post-2407466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-compliance-deadline","tag-government-policy","tag-new-york-city","tag-trump-administration","tag-urban-regulations"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/NY-Officials.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2407466"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2407470,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407466\/revisions\/2407470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2407467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2407466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2407466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2407466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}