Posted on 02/27/2025 10:06:15 AM PST by LoveMyFreedom
President Trump will have to come up with $15 billion in federal cash to fix New York City’s subway system if he wants to cut congestion pricing, Gov. Kathy Hochul insisted Thursday — as their ongoing spat over the controversial Manhattan toll only continues to escalate.
The Democrat said she gave Trump the so-called ultimatum during their White House sit-down late last week, telling him he would need to dip into US coffers to offset the billions the state is estimated to lose if the congestion toll is nixed.
“You’re gonna have to give me $15 billion to invest in a subway system, then,” Hochul told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” of her closed-door meeting with the president on Wednesday.
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Drop Dead!
This smells like a state’s issue not a federal gov’t issue.
Yeah, no.
Take it from the illegal immigrant fund.
He’ll get right on that.
Ooooooh. I bet Trump is shaking in his boots. 🙄
Hochul acts like New Yorkers are her cotton picking slaves!
Not even a state issue. This is a city and county issue.
Why does she think my Wisconsin tax should pay for NYC maintenance?
Leftist states exist in a symbiotic, parasitical relationship with bloated Fed.gov
Fed.gov prints money and goes into massive debt, to make sure the edifice of bloated leftist government remains intact, even if grossly dysfunctional. Of course, it also allows opportunity for a few individuals at the top, and their friends, to profit as well.
California, Illinois and New York are the best examples of this.
She’s trying to extort Federal funds from Trump.
Won’t work.
I fully expect Trump will address Hochul with the ‘Janet Mills’ treatment.
No.
No.
L
“Why does she think my Wisconsin tax should pay for NYC maintenance?”
For the same reason they think that people in Buffalo, Rome, Albany And Syracuse should be forced to pay a ton in taxes for a subway in NYC that they will never use.
Isn’t this extortion?
Without federal backing this broom rider from New York cannot implement her piracy plan. For her to try to impose the congestion toll would would be in violation of federal law, not a Trump Administration decree. The only reason this congestion toll was allowed was Biden had granted an exemption to federal law and Trump took it away. If NYC would do the sane thing and clear the bums and criminals out of the subways and trains the congestion problem would be alleviated as New Yorkers started using the subways again.
Exactly which is why it’s weird trumps even involved. Stay in your lane Mr. President.
Why can’t they raise rates to travel, and get it from customers?
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