Trump Considers NYC Congestion Pricing Halt, Report Says

NEW JERSEY — President Trump's administration is discussing a move that would halt Manhattan's congestion pricing program, a new report said.

On the campaign trail, Trump had promised to kill the $9 fee, which went into effect on Jan. 5 despite a last-ditch effort from the state of New Jersey to have a judge put up a temporary roadblock against it.

According to the New York Times, the U.S. Department of Transportation is considering the reversal of a federal approval that the Biden administration issued to the Metropolitan Transit Authority last year.

Two dozen New York lawmakers, led by Staten Island Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis, had asked Trump to look into the Federal Highway Administration's approval of the congestion pricing plan. Their letter states that the toll was approved without a full Environmental Impact Statement, and urges his administration to do a more thorough review.

Gov. Phil Murphy also sent a letter to Trump last week, urging him to put a halt to the $9 toll, which he called a "disaster for working and middle-class New Jersey commuters and residents."

During his campaign, Trump had also called congestion pricing "a disaster for NYC" and promised to terminate it, which Murphy reminded him of in the letter.

“I welcome any opportunity to work with you and your Administration where we can find common ground," Murphy wrote. "I know we share significant concerns about these developments."