{"id":2414256,"date":"2025-03-21T15:33:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T19:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hochul-refuses-to-back-down-on-congestion-pricing-after-duffys-funding-threats\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T15:33:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T19:33:00","slug":"hochul-refuses-to-back-down-on-congestion-pricing-after-duffys-funding-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hochul-refuses-to-back-down-on-congestion-pricing-after-duffys-funding-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"Hochul refuses to back down on congestion pricing after Duffy\u2019s funding threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fhochul-refuses-to-back-down-on-congestion-pricing-after-duffys-funding-threats%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=2414256&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 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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Hochul refuses to back down on congestion pricing after Duffy&rsquo;s funding threats<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2062303\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Standing around a crowd of supporters touting congestion pricing&rsquo;s success in New York City, Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kathy-hochul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kathy Hochul<\/a> (D-NY) refused to budge against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a>&lsquo;s funding threats.<\/p>\n<p>Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a letter Tuesday that the New York City Transit Authority must reduce transit crime or else the federal government will withhold federal funding. Duffy recently announced a 30-day extension to end congestion pricing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/3355228\/johnson-johnson-billions-us-investments\/\">Johnson &amp; Johnson becomes latest company to announce billions in US investments<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/3355146\/ntsb-recommends-bridges-vulnerability-assessments-baltimore-bridge-collapse-findings\/\">NTSB recommends dozens of bridges for vulnerability assessments after Key Bridge collapse findings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine-business\/3350849\/interior-secretary-doug-burgum-federal-land-housing-growth-yimbyism\/\">Interior Secretary Doug Burgum unleashes federal land for housing growth YIMBYism<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Hochul refuted Duffy&rsquo;s assertions that crime is rising in the system and pointed to numbers that show crime has been down 50% since 2001. She also continued to appeal to President Donald Trump&rsquo;s background as a New Yorker.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our president is a New Yorker,&rdquo; Hochul said. &ldquo;He understands that we don&rsquo;t exist without a highly functioning, effective, safe subway system. So if they want to help us make it even safer, despite the fact that we&rsquo;re down 24% in crimes from last year, 29% since 2019, down 50% from 2001.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think we can do better,&rdquo; she added. &ldquo;Send us my money, and we&rsquo;ll continue to do that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hochul also slighted Duffy in her comments, suggesting he should focus less on safety in the subways and more on air safety. Air safety has been a hot topic for the Transportation Department, with two major North American plane crashes happening since Duffy was sworn in, including the collision of an American Airlines plane and a military helicopter over the Potomac River, which killed dozens of people.<\/p>\n<p>The air accidents put heat on Duffy during an air traffic controller shortage.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If the Secretary of Transportation is so worried about safety, why don&rsquo;t you look upward and worry about safety in the skies, which you actually have control over,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Duffy told Hochul on Thursday that the Trump administration is putting the city &ldquo;on notice.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Your refusal to end cordon pricing and your open disrespect towards the federal government is unacceptable,&rdquo; Duffy said in a post on X. &ldquo;Just as your high tolls and no free road option are a slap in the face to hard working Americans, your refusal to approve two vital pipelines that will lower fuel costs by 50% are against the public&rsquo;s best interests. Your unlawful pricing scheme charges working-class citizens to use roads their federal tax dollars already paid to build.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Know that the billions of dollars the federal government sends to New York are not a blank check,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;Continued noncompliance will not be taken lightly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The federal government sends the Metropolitan Transportation Authority billions of dollars in funding.&nbsp;Of its $68 billion budget through 2029, at least $14 billion is expected to come from federal grants and funds.<\/p>\n<p>Duffy pulled approval for the congestion pricing plan on Feb. 19, triggering a legal challenge from the MTA, which relies on the toll program to fund its capital project. MTA Chairman Janno Lieber has touted the toll&rsquo;s environmental and business benefits since its start in January.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The good news is that the program, which has had such amazing benefits for New Yorkers &mdash;&nbsp;faster travel, cleaner air, fewer crashes, less honking, quieter, better environment for all, and also great economic benefits &mdash; all that is going to continue,&rdquo; Lieber said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The program has been underway for 10 weeks now, and it&rsquo;s been successful by every standard,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;And it&rsquo;s the right thing to do for New York to continue it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3315975\/doge-doing-across-federal-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TRACKING WHAT DOGE IS DOING ACROSS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hochul has met multiple times with Trump to discuss congestion pricing.<\/p>\n<p>Her most recent meeting with Trump last Friday didn&rsquo;t yield any direct results, although it was called &ldquo;productive.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2062303\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2062303\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hochul refuses to back down on congestion pricing after Duffy\u2019s funding threats Standing around a crowd of supporters touting congestion pricing\u2019s success in New York City, Gov. 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