President Donald Trump promised to kill tolls at congestion prices, however, his henchmen agreed an agreement that probably kept them at least until October. Is left over?
In the judicial documents, the MT and the Federal Transportation Department signed a timeline that will prevent Judge Lewis Liman, who presides over the legal battle on Manhattan’s tolls, decides before the summer.
After that, Liman will need more time to resolve legal motions, probably drag the case up to at least October.
Until then, Trump’s people promised not to seek a court order to stop the program.
Hey?
A delay until October, and perhaps more, seems a clear victory for Governor Kathy Hochul and a loss for Trump.
On the path of the campaign, Trump launched tolls as a “disaster” and promised to end them His First week.
In February, the Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy gave Hochul a hard term of March 21 to discard them.
“The price of consciousness is dead, Manhattan,” Trump boasted on social networks at that time, “and all New York is saved. Living the king!”
However, when Hochul turned to Trump to a bird, saying that he would ignore
Any additional failure of coming “will not be taken light.”
Now it seems that the case won to be resolved until At least The fall, with tolls, pressing another $ 50 million a month of drivers in the meantime.
So, not only the congestion is not murdered, but Albany is now secretly negotiating another tax increase to channel further Money to the MTA never satisfied.
It is true that a Dot Flack tweeted some blusterer, insisting that the deadline of April 20 remains in force and the agency “will use all the tools at our disposal in response to breach.”
But what tools do they have Left After kicking the court fight, can in the fall?
Surely it seems that Duffy’s staff is not sure if he has been Legal authority To stop the toll program.
What does the $ 50 million question raise a month: what will happen on April 20?
Will tolls remain, as Hochul promises, or Duffy will find a way to meet Trump’s promises?
OK: Perhaps Trump’s team is simply stored to lose the tree while the prez and the government negotiate; Maybe it will offer concessions on other fronts (EC, it is fine that new natural gas and/or fracking pipes are in exchange for letting the tolls remain.
But if Hochul remains pat and the tolls stay, the prez loses credibility.
Then: let’s say it is not so, Mr. President, or better yet, show.
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