NYC congestion pricing is here until at least early fall, legal filing suggests

By Ry Rivard | 04/07/2025 01:35 PM EDT

President Donald Trump is trying to kill the tolling program.

Signs advise drivers of congestion pricing tolls.

Signs advising drivers of congestion pricing tolls are displayed near the exit of the Lincoln Tunnel in New York on Feb. 19. Seth Wenig/AP

New York’s congestion pricing tolls aren’t going anywhere anytime soon.

At the very least, the tolls will stay in place through early fall, according to a timeline the Metropolitan Transportation Authority submitted Friday to a federal judge.

The timeline, which lays out a schedule for legal motions the MTA and the federal government have agreed to, shows the legal battle over the tolling program that President Donald Trump is trying to kill will continue through late October.

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That is far beyond the April 20 deadline the Trump administration gave New York to stop tolling drivers coming into parts of Manhattan. The MTA sued in federal court to block that move.

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