Known as “congestion pricing,” the first-in-the ... the new fee was already having at least one impact on him. “Every weekend, I used to drive to the garage next to the diner,” Soliman ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy explained to Governor Hochul that the DOT is ending the congestion charge as a matter ... taxes to pay again — with no free way to travel to central Manhattan.

He criticized the toll program that “leaves drivers without any free highway alternative ... The city has estimated the congestion charge would bring in $500 million in its first year.