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NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s administration’s efforts to halt New York\u2019s first-in-the-nation<\/a> congestion fee meant to reduce traffic and pump revenue into the region\u2019s aging transit system.<\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman on Tuesday ruled that the U.S. Department of Transportation lacked the authority to unilaterally rescind approval of the $9 toll, which former Democratic President Joe Biden initially green-lit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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