A New Jersey assemblyman argues that New York’s congestion pricing tolls are illegal, despite a recent court ruling that blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to terminate the program. The assemblyman asserts that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) lacks the legal authority to impose tolls on Manhattan streets under federal law. He claims the Value Pricing Pilot Program (VPPP), cited by the MTA as its legal basis, is defunct due to a lack of federal funding since 2012 and that the program only applied to interstate roads, not the arterial roads where tolls are collected. He estimates drivers have been illegally charged approximately $600 million and calls for its return, citing an ongoing class-action lawsuit in New Jersey. The author emphasizes that the recent federal judge’s ruling addressed only the termination authority, not the fundamental legality of the tolls themselves.