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Pedestrians walk past a congestion pricing warning sign on 5th Avenue as congestion pricing begins taking effect in New York City on January 05, 2024. On Sunday New York is reviving a controversial scheme to charge drivers entering parts of the city, a first in the United States, putting local authorities on a collision course with President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo by KENA BETANCUR / AFP) (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)

NYC Introduces ‘Congestion Pricing’ Tolls, Trump Vows To Kill Measure During Second Term

New York City has introduced a new $9 toll to enter the center of Manhattan during peak hours, a measure President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to kill during his second term.

NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 23: A New York City Subway train pulls away from a station on February 23, 2010 in New York City. Najibullah Zazi, a former airport shuttle driver, pleaded guilty Monday to plotting to blow up New York City subways. Zazi, who grew up in New York and lived in Colorado, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit murder in a foreign country, conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction and to providing material support for a terrorist organization. Zazi, 25, faces a life prison sentence without parole at sentencing in June. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

“Man Arrested for Setting Woman on Fire in NYC Subway, Resulting in Her Death

Authorities in New York City have arrested a suspect who allegedly set a sleeping woman on fire in a subway car, leading to her death.

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 08: David Banks, chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, listens during a hearing with subcommittee members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on May 08, 2024 in Washington, DC. Members of the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education subcommittee held the hearing to speak with education workers and a member of the ACLU to discuss cases of antisemitism in K-12 schools. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

NYC Schools Chancellor To Step Down As Federal Probes Surrounding Mayor Eric Adams Develop

New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks will be reportedly resigning in the coming weeks, much sooner than originally expected after a federal probe resulted in his home being raided.

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 28: Nextel Cup Series drivers, lead by the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Champion, Jimmie Johnson, drive through Times Square in a victory lap through the streets of midtown November 28, 2007 in New York City. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

MTA Board Approves NYC Congestion Toll At $15 Per Day

New York is set to become the first U.S. city to make drivers pay a $15 toll in order to drive on Manhattan’s busiest streets. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) board voted on Wednesday to finalize the congestion pricing law.