Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer confronted Trump Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy over job cuts amid a series of air disasters.
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Wednesday announced his agency will end New York City's congestion pricing enacted by the state.
The Gateway Development Commission, overseeing the new rail tunnel project beneath the Hudson River, is relying on $12 billion in federal money.
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The Trump administration said on Wednesday it was rescinding federal approval of New York City's congestion pricing program that is designed to reduce traffic and raise money to upgrade aging subway and bus systems.
Duffy did not give a time frame for trying to shut down congestion pricing, saying only that federal officials would contact the state to "discuss the orderly cessation of toll operations." MTA CEO Janno Lieber said tolling would "continue notwithstanding this baseless effort to snatch those benefits away."
Trump's administration revoked federal approval of New York’s congestion pricing tolls, halting the program one month after its rollout
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York said that she and President Trump discussed congestion pricing, which Mr. Trump has moved to kill, in an unscheduled meeting on Friday.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he has rescinded approval of the tolling.