Judge rules Trump efforts to derail NYC congestion pricing illegal, ‘arbitrary and ‘capricious’
By Molly Crane-Newman
Published on March 3, 2026.
A Federal Judge in Manhattan has ruled that the Trump administration's attempt to stop New York's congestion pricing toll program was illegal. Judge Lewis Liman called U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy's actions "arbitrary and capricious," an abuse of discretion, and not in accordance with law." The MTA, which operates the toll and uses the proceeds to fund $15 billion in mass transit improvements, sued the feds in February after Duffy declared the toll dead. The ruling was hailed by New York Gov. Ed Hochul, who said he would fight any unlawful effort by the administration to attack New York State's sovereignty.
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