A political war on the Hudson erupted Monday over New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the MTA’s controversial $9 congestion toll. The MTA can begin collecting the first-in-the-nation congestion fee to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street on Jan.

New York City congestion pricing will start this weekend as planned, MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber declared Monday, despite a New Jersey judge earlier in the day partially siding with some who sought to delay it.

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority said it will begin congestion pricing tolling on Sunday despite New Jersey officials claiming that a U.S. district judge's ruling disallows the plan.