Congestion pricing continues to be a money-maker for the MTA.

According to new numbers released by the MTA Monday, the tolling program brought in $45 million in net revenue in March.

Starting on Jan. 5 when the fees first went into effect through March 31, the new toll has brought in nearly $160 million in revenue, the MTA said.

The MTA expects to collect approximately $500 million from the toll in its first year.

The $9 congestion pricing fee is charged during daytime hours to enter Manhattan’s Central Business District. 

The MTA plans to borrow against the money it makes from the toll to fund $15 billion in mass transit repairs and upgrades.

The MTA also said the tolls are making good on another promise: reducing the number of cars entering the tolling zone.

The transit agency said their data shows that, compared with March 2024, an average of about 82,000 fewer cars entered the Central Business District per day last month.

Meanwhile, the state continues to battle the Trump administration over the future of the program.

There's now a May 21 deadline from the federal government for the state to end congestion pricing.

In a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said New York risks losing federal funding and approvals for certain projects from the Federal Highway Administration if it doesn't comply with the federal government’s demands.

Hochul maintains that congestion pricing is legal and said “cameras are staying on” while the legal spat makes its way through the courts.