The Trump administration is renewing threats to New York in the congestion prize wrestling

The Trump administration renewed its threats against New York on Monday against congestion prices, demanding that the State interrupt the toll plan or risks loss of federal financing and approval for other transport projects.

Sean Duffy, the American transport secretary, wrote in a letter addressed to Governor Kathy Hochul in New York that she had until May 21 to explain why her department should not be good at her threats. The penalties so as not to end the tolls would begin on May 28.

“The federal government sends billions to New York – but we will not plan the bill if Governor Hochul continues to implement an illegal toll to fill the budget of the New York public transport system,” said Duffy in the letter. “We give New York a last chance to go back or prove that their actions are not illegal.”

Federal transport officials said that congestion prices exceeded the scope of the federal program that authorizes it and that a toll on motorists should not subsidize public transport improvements instead of roads. But the federal judge who presides over a certain number of proceedings contesting the toll has already rejected the main arguments in these cases.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the state agency that operates the congestion price, has tabled its own action to prevent the Trump administration from interfere with the program almost immediately after Mr. Duffy sent a letter of February 19 seeking to kill the tolls. The case is expected to go before the courts to the fall, which means that tolls could remain active for at least several months.

Increased threats occur after Governor Hochul and the authority have defined requests earlier this year to stop tolls. The program, which began on January 5, was approved by the Biden administration in November after years of planning and examination, and some legal experts argued that the Trump administration does not unilaterally revoke its authorization.