Weber is among the Republicans who are calling for a full audit of the fiscal administration of the MTA, arguing that the agency’s $19 billion budget is ripe for a review that could help the state cut costs. “We need to do an up and down, thorough review and a forensic audit of the MTA budget,” Weber said.

The MTA collected nearly $49 million in congestion pricing tolls in the first month that the plan was in effect, according to new figures released by the transit agency Monday.

New York City's congestion pricing program generated $48.6 million in its first month, even as President Donald Trump moves to kill the toll system.

New York City’s new toll on motorists driving into Manhattan’s busiest areas raised $48.6 million in its first month, as President Trump is seeking to end the congestion pricing program just weeks after it began.

Congestion pricing got off to a better than anticipated start, bringing in $48.6 million in its first month, and now transit officials are speeding up plans to borrow against the toll revenue to fund mass transit upgrades as the Trump administration attempts to kill the program.

As New York City barrels toward the end of two months of congestion pricing, and the president’s looming threat to close the toll program, the MTA has shared receipts of the first month of revenue. According to the transit agency,

Congestion pricing is working, MTA officials said Monday, releasing data that showed the congestion pricing toll generated $48.7 million in gross revenue for January. The revenue data comes as the Trump administration seeks to kill the congestion toll by revoking a federal authorization given last year allowing the MTA to fund the capital plan with toll revenue.