Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., said Thursday on Newsmax that it’s “incredible” that President Donald Trump’s administration has withdrawn the federal approvals for the much-maligned New York City congestion pricing plan.

“Sixty-five percent of New Yorkers said they did not want this tax, that this was unfair to the residents that I represent in the outer boroughs who now have to pay an additional toll to drive into the city center in the city in which they live,” Malliotakis told “Wake Up America.” “And this is significant, what President Trump did, not just for New York but the entire nation, because New York was first tier — the first in the nation — however, other cities were considering doing the same thing.”

“What President Trump did, by reversing the rubber stamp of President Biden that allowed this to go forward without even a full and thorough environmental impact statement is, I think, incredible, and I’m very thankful to the president for stepping in,” she continued. “You know, I first spoke to him about this in May, and he repeatedly told me that if he won the election that he would reverse Biden’s decision.

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