While drivers await a judge’s decision on a congestion pricing lawsuit that could stop New York’s plan to charge $9 to enter lower Manhattan, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she’ll eliminate a proposal to charge drivers an even higher toll during the city’s gridlock alert days.

When it returns on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, there will be a lower toll than first proposed. Originally, drivers would have been charged $15 for entering the zone. Hochul said her initial opposition to the program was due to the high cost for working New Yorkers.

A series of legal challenges could derail New York City ’s long-awaited congestion pricing plan, which is scheduled to begin on January 5, report Chris Dolmetsch and Michelle Kaske in Bloomberg CityLab.