Metropolitan Transportation Authority

The judge ruled the administration cannot freeze New York's federal funds in its bid to halt the controversial tolling program.

With a funding agreement in the state budget, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is gearing up to start capital repairs — and find $3 billion of savings. 

Lawmakers are putting the final touches on the budget, and Gov. Kathy Hochul said there is broad agreement. Federal cuts may yet scramble everything.

The FHWA said it would start withholding project funds from Manhattan next month and later expand to other areas if the state refuses to halt its tolling program.

Amtrak will take over from New York's MTA on the overhaul of the train station, said Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

The MTA took a victory lap on congestion pricing, presenting new data and rebuking the "existential threat" from the White House. 

The amount of toll revenue collected between the start date and Jan. 31 is in line with budgeted projections, Jai Patel, MTA's deputy chief financial officer, said.

The DOT cited the use of the tolls for transit as one of its reasons to terminate.

Blake G. Washington discussed Medicare, the MTA and more at a luncheon with the Citizens Budget Commission. 

The billion-dollar deal will be the first bonds backed by the tax since it was created in 2019.