President Trump could retroactively revoke the federal government’s approval of the toll — because the Biden administration let the MTA slide on a time-consuming environmental report.
Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One as he travels from Las Vegas to Miami on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025.During his first week back in office, President Trump checked off a long list of tasks he said he’d do: securing the border, dissolving DEI, ditching climate regulations.— Trump makes that move, New York’s Democratic officials will have little power to stop him, if they even want to.
That is, Trump’s DOT could retroactively revoke the federal government’s approval of the toll, on the grounds that the MTA never submitted a full environmental impact statement evaluating the program’s long-term effects on air qualityUnder the law, opponents contend, such a statement is necessary to win the feds’ blessing — but the Biden administration bypassed that, accepting the MTA’s short environmental “assessment” instead.
And her budget itself has made it harder for her to tell the public about congestion pricing’s supposed fiscal benefits — because she’s currently hunting for a New York’s swing-district House members — such as Malliotakis and Hudson Valley Rep. Mike Lawler — would steer such a provision.
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