A federal judge recently threw out key arguments from opponents suing to end the program and is expected to rule on the MTA’s case this fall. Meanwhile, local lawmakers like Brad Lander, Zohran Mamdani and Adrienne Adams are lining up behind the tolls. Even former Governor Cuomo, once a critic, is cooling his opposition.

The Trump administration is pressuring New York to drop its controversial congestion pricing, a trend that threatens to spread across the country. Already a practice in certain European cities, the scheme involves drivers paying a fee to drive into different parts of Manhattan at specific times.

New York officials defend congestion pricing's legality and success in reducing traffic, despite federal threats to withhold highway project funding.