NY Gov. Hochul, Pres. Trump to meet Friday: Here's why
Trump's Border Czar blasts Hochul, praises Adams
President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, visited Albany to criticize Governor Kathy Hochul and other Democrats over immigration policies, urging them to "get out of the way" if they won’t cooperate. At the same time, Homan praised NYC Mayor Eric Adams, confirming he has another meeting with him later this week. FOX 5's Morgan McKay has the story.
NEW YORK - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to visit Washington D.C. on Friday to meet with President Donald Trump, despite the pair bumping heads over several issues, including congestion pricing and immigration.
What we know:
Hochul says that she reached out to Trump on Wednesday to continue their last meeting in the Oval Office.
The president said they’d discuss several topics, including construction of an underground pipeline going through a "small section" of New York state that may eventually lower energy prices.
Hochul said they'll also discuss infrastructure, Penn Station, congestion pricing and energy "in light of the tariffs,"
Hochul and Trump have been odds over several issues since Trump took office, including the administration's mass deportation plans and the city's new congestion pricing toll.
Trump admin demands congestion pricing end March 21
The fight over NYC’s congestion pricing is heating up. The Trump administration has set a March 21 deadline for the MTA to shut down its congestion tolling system, but Gov. Kathy Hochul isn’t backing down. FOX 5's Arthur Chi'en has the story.
In February, the Trump administration had ordered the MTA to terminate New York City's congestion pricing program by March 21, but state officials pushed back, saying that they would not shut down the tolling system without a court order.
"There is a huge disconnect between the reality we know that New Yorkers are facing and the perception of reality out of the White House. I guarantee that the president has never had to endure missing a child’s sporting event because he was stuck on a delayed train," Hochul said.
Trump administration immigration czar Tom Homan also traveled to Hochul's stomping grounds in Albany this week to lambaste the state's Democratic lawmakers for so-called sanctuary city policies.
"You're not gonna stop us New York state. You've got to change the sanctuary stairs. If you don't get out of the way, we're going to do our job," Homan said.
The Source: This article uses reporting from FOX 5 NY political reporter Morgan McKay along with background information from the Associated Press and McKay's previous reports.