Exclusive: New York City workers have denounced the city's busy traffic pricing with a new ad from the Department of Transportation.
“I think the boundaries are definitely being stolen because I want to add tolls like tolls on the streets because I think the boundaries are being stolen,” one man said in the clip.
“It's ridiculous, it's going to do that. It's destroying the city,” another New York worker said.
“It makes it more expensive for me to come to work,” one man said.
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US Department of Transport Secretary Sean Duffy addresses the media. An American Eagle Flight 5342 collided with a Black Hawk helicopter, approaching Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and collided with the Potomac River, USA on January 30, 2025. (Kencedeno/Reuters)
The video is part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to crack down on fees that supporters argue are an important way to curb traffic in Manhattan.
“Difficult New Yorkers aren't upset with the White House. They're upset about being charged $9 to use their streets. Don't take that from me. Listen to what people have to say about New York's congestive price cash grabs.
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Gloria Shepherd, executive director of the Federal Highways Administration, wrote on March 21, asking for tolls.
The toll, although technically a pilot program, has proven to be a money boom as it won $37.5 million in January. In addition to the letter from Shepherd, Duffy also scrapped the Biden-era agreement between the department and New York for the program.
Despite the demands, New York Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed to “orderly resist” in response to the FHWA's request to end the “orderly way.” According to ABC News.
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Drivers in New York City are paying to access parts of Manhattan. (Fox News Photo/Joshua Comins)
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“Our position is clear. This is not a legal order. We have already filed a lawsuit. Now it's up to the court to decide.”
Tolls are valid every day in Manhattan, south and south of 60th Avenue.
Alexandra Koch of Fox News contributed to this report.
