NEW YORK — The Trump administration cannot immediately kill New York’s congestion pricing program or retaliate against the state for keeping it in place, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
A temporary restraining order by U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman is another setback for President Donald Trump’s assertive use of executive power and a victory for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
In a series of letters earlier this year, Trump’s Transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, said the tolling program no longer has necessary federal approval and then threatened “serious consequences” if Hochul didn’t stop the tolls, including pulling approval and money for all kinds of public works projects in the state.
Hochul has refused to stop the tolls unless ordered to by a judge, setting up a two-hour showdown Tuesday.
