The clock is ticking if Hochul hopes to establish an initial $9 toll before ramping it back up to the original $15 plan — which will require a final sign-off from the federal Department of

Gov. Kathy Hochul says she wants to reduce congestion pricing tolls, but her plan is being met by opposition to any tolling.

Opponents of congestion pricing are railing against Gov. Hochul's plan to revive the controversial first-in-the-nation "congestion" pricing toll to enter Manhattan's business district -- before President -elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20.

New York's governor is racing to implement a reduced toll policy before President-elect Trump, an opponent of congestion pricing, assumes office.

Kathy Hochul has taken a step to revive congestion pricing before President-elect Donald Trump, who opposes the extra toll, takes office. In recent days, the governor’s office asked the U.S. Department of Transportation whether implementing congestion pricing with lower tolls than the planned $15 for drivers entering parts of Manhattan would require another lengthy environmental review,