NYC Asks Judge to Bar Transportation Department From Ending Congestion Pricing Program

The department announced in February that it was terminating the program.

Cars pass under a congestion pricing warning sign on the George Washington Bridge as congestion pricing takes effect in New York City on Jan. 5, 2025. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images

New York City and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) urged a judge late on May 5 to block the Trump administration from pulling the plug on the borough of Manhattan’s congestion pricing program.

Lawyers for the city’s transportation department and the MTA sought a preliminary injunction blocking U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s attempt to kill the program and his threat to suspend federal government funding for projects throughout New York City while the state’s lawsuit against the administration plays out.