Since then, the Trump administration has threatened to withhold billions of dollars in federal transit dollars if New York officials don’t wind down the tolling program by May 21.,“The federal government sends billions to New York — but we won’t foot the bill if Governor Hochul continues to implement an illegal toll to backfill the budget of New York’s failing transit system,

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan apologized on Thursday for accidentally filing an internal government letter that cast significant doubt on the Transportation Department's effort to kill New York's congestion pricing program in New York.