{"id":387,"date":"2025-03-20T19:57:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T20:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/?p=387"},"modified":"2025-03-24T11:26:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T11:26:51","slug":"duffy-provides-30-day-new-york-city-congestion-pricing-extension-puts-hochul-on-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/20\/duffy-provides-30-day-new-york-city-congestion-pricing-extension-puts-hochul-on-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"Duffy provides 30-day New York City congestion pricing extension, puts Hochul ‘on notice’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the administration was giving New York City a 30-day extension for its congestion pricing plan and putting New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) \u201con notice.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c@GovKathyHochul \u2014 the federal government and @POTUS are putting New York on notice,\u201d Duffy said Thursday in a post<\/a> on the social platform X. \u201cYour refusal to end cordon pricing and your open disrespect towards the federal government is unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Federal Highway Administration gave New York a Friday deadline<\/a> to stop collecting tolls to enter the city. The plan was aimed at reducing traffic in the area and bringing in money for other infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n

President Trump declared he would rescind the order<\/a> and said he had saved New York, while Hochul vowed to oppose the president in court, prompting the clash over tolls.<\/p>\n

Hochul recently presented information<\/a> to show that the tolls are \u201cworking\u201d for the city, including shoppers and public transit riders.<\/p>\n

Her remarks came just days after she met with Trump<\/a> to discuss various issues, including the tolls and his push for pipeline access through the state.<\/p>\n

Duffy argued that Hochul\u2019s tolls are a \u201cslap in the face\u201d to Americans and criticized her for refusing to approve the pipeline that he said is in the public\u2019s best interest.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour unlawful pricing scheme charges working-class citizens to use roads their federal tax dollars already paid to build,\u201d Duffy said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will provide New York with a 30-day extension as discussions continue,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The secretary threatened that federal funds to the state are not going to be a \u201cblank check\u201d and Hochul\u2019s \u201ccontinued noncompliance\u201d will not be taken lightly by the administration.<\/p>\n

Evergreen Action, a climate advocacy group, argued that the congestion pricing plan was \u201chere to stay.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey extended their \u2018deadline\u2019 because they know they don\u2019t have a leg to stand on,\u201d the group said in a statement. \u201cIn just over two months, we\u2019ve seen enormous results, and public support is only increasing as commuters experience the benefits of less congested, safer streets.\u201d<\/p>\n

“Congestion pricing is working,” Avi Small, a spokesperson for the governor, told The Hill. “Traffic is down, business is up and support for this first-in-the-nation initiative continues to grow. We\u2019ve seen Secretary Duffy\u2019s tweet, which doesn\u2019t change what Governor Hochul has been saying all along: the cameras are staying on.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the administration was giving New York City a 30-day extension for its congestion pricing plan and putting New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) \u201con notice.\u201d \u201c@GovKathyHochul \u2014 the federal government and @POTUS are putting New York on notice,\u201d Duffy said Thursday in a post on the social platform X. \u201cYour refusal to end cordon pricing and your open disrespect towards the federal government is unacceptable.\u201d…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":388,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions\/388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}