New York City collected $48.6 million in revenue from the first month of its congestion pricing program that the Trump administration has moved to kill, a transit agency said.

New York City’s controversial traffic tolling program is testing President Donald Trump’s ability to reach beyond his federal fights over citizenship and government efficiency all the way down to a local brawl in Wall Street’s backyard.

Congestion pricing in lower Manhattan was a settled policy at the start of 2024 until shameless politicians stalled it and practically killed it. Ironically, the opposition picked up momentum when the policy’s author,