The Trump administration is moving ahead with its plan to kill New York City’s congestion pricing – a controversial tolling program designed to help raise millions in critical infrastructure funding and decrease traffic in Manhattan’s most congested zones.

Gov. Kathy Hochul insisted that the cameras crucial to the toll structure will remain in operation. "The cameras are staying on," she said.

President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered a halt to New York City’s congestion pricing system, which thins traffic and funds mass transit by imposing high tolls on drivers entering some parts of Manhattan.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has made the case for Manhattan’s congestion tolling during an Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump met with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul for more than an hour on Friday to discuss a controversial Manhattan toll program known as congestion pricing. The Democratic governor also spoke with the president about immigration and energy policies during the Oval Office meeting,

US President Donald Trump met with New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Friday to defend New York City’s congestion pricing program, two days after his administration moved to block the toll program.