A federal judge is expected to rule Friday on whether New York City congestion pricing can start this weekend as scheduled. The MTA's new Manhattan toll plan is set to start Jan. 5, but attorneys representing New Jersey officials say they will ask Judge Leo Gordon to issue a temporary restraining order in a last-ditch attempt to kill it during the afternoon court hearing.

Congestion pricing in NYC will go into effect as planned Sunday morning,after a federal judge in Newark denied New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s last minute motion for a temporary injunction to

Certain roads will be fully exempt from the tolls, including the FDR Drive and West Side Highway. In addition, the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel, and the roads that connect it to the FDR and West Side, will also be exempt, according to the MTA.

New York’s controversial plan to charge drivers a toll for entering Manhattan’s central business district starting on Sunday is facing a last-ditch challenge from neighboring New Jersey.

New Jersey is making a last gasp attempt to block implementation Sunday of Gov. Kathy Hochul and the MTA's controversial $9 "congestion" toll to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street.

The fate of New York’s congestion pricing plan is once again up in the air, as the state of New Jersey has filed for a last-minute injunction to stop the MTA toll set to begin in Midtown and lower Manhattan on Sunday.