Assisting the MTA, the NYPD stopped at least two drivers who tried to cover up parts of their license plates to avoid being charged as they entered in the congestion zone.

Despite an appeal by New Jersey, congestion pricing and Port Authority toll increases start Sunday morning. This is how much a drive to NYC will cost you.

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New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority said it will begin congestion pricing tolling on Sunday despite New Jersey officials claiming that a U.S. district judge's ruling disallows the plan.

Beginning Sunday, most motorists will have to pay $9 for driving below 60th Street in Manhattan, as New York’s first-in-the-nation congestion pricing plan takes effect in an area traversed by 700,000 vehicles daily.

Congestion pricing is making a comeback in New York City after Gov. Kathy Hochul announced plans to restart the controversial program. The plan will start as scheduled on Sunday after a judge ruled in favor of New York in a case brought by New Jersey in an effort to delay the plan.

Congestion tolling is scheduled to start on January 5 in NYC, barring any last minute legal challenges. The path to this point has been long and confusing — so drivers have many questions about the MTA’s plan to reduce congestion and raise funds for mass transit improvements.

The toll applies to the most congested part of Manhattan, south of Central Park, below 60th Street and cost drivers $9 a day.

Congestion pricing refers to using electronic tolling to charge vehicles for entering certain areas of Manhattan to reduce traffic congestion and raise money for public transportation upgrades. Drivers will be charged a fee for entering Manhattan’s Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ),