Trump & Co. must put the brakes on idle threats and keep its vow to end congestion tax

New York Post - 00:43
On Monday, Department of Transporation Secretary Sean Duffy sent a letter to Gov. Hochul extending the deadline to stop collecting congestion tolls again, but this time put some teeth on his demand…

“CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!”

Those were President Donald Trump’s words back in February after his Department of Transportation boss, Sean Duffy, revoked approval of New York’s congestion-pricing tax then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushed through and now-Gov. Kathy Hochul implemented in January.

The tolls had to be gone, Duffy insisted, with a strict deadline set at March 21.

Great, but there was no “or else” — and by March 21, that hard deadline was moved to April 20.

Now April 20 has gone by, the tolls are still up and Duffy has set a third dea...
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