>> NO DEAL. LAWMAKERS IN ALBANY FRANTICALLY TRYING TO COME UP WITH A PLAN TO FUND THE MTA. NOW THAT CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. BUT THEY COULDN'T DO IT. AND GOVERNOR HOCHUL BREAKS HER SILENCE TONIGHT ABOUT WHAT LED TO HER REVERSAL TO KILL THE DEAL AT THE 11TH HOUR, JUST WEEKS BEFORE IT WAS TO BE IMPLEMENTED. EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER JOSH EINIGER HAS DETAILS. >> EVEN AFTER DARK, ON A WEEKEND WHEN THE COMMUTERS CLEAR OUT ON THE MUSIC PICKS UP, THERE'S TRAFFIC. PLENTY OF TRAFFIC. NOTORIOUS CONGESTION NEW YORKERS WERE PROMISED WOULD IMPROVE LATER THIS MONTH. IMPROVEMENT TONIGHT ON PAUSE. >> I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO THE NEXT DINER WITH ME, SIT WITH ME AND WATCH THE PEOPLE COME OVER AND THANK ME. THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW. THAT IS ALL I NEED TO KNOW. >> AT THE STATE CAPITOL TONIGHT, GOVERNOR HOCHUL TOOK REPORTERS QUESTIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HER BOMBSHELL ABOUT FACE ON PERHAPS THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL BIT OF NEW YORK PUBLIC POLICY IN A GENERATION. HOCHUL SAYS HER EXPERIENCE IS TALKING TO PEOPLE IN MANHATTAN. DINERS LIKE THIS ONE NEAR GRAND CENTRAL, MADE HER REALIZE NEW YORKERS JUST AREN'T READY FOR CONGESTION PRICING. >> I CANNOT TELL YOU THE ANXIETY LEVEL THAT IS CONTINUING TO GO UP AND UP AND UP. >> THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED A SO-CALLED PAUSE JUST 25 DAYS BEFORE THE SENSORS WOULD BE TURNED ON FROM RIVER TO RIVER, TOLLING DRIVERS BELOW 60TH STREET AND RAKING IN $1 BILLION A YEAR FOR THE MTA TO FUND DESPERATELY NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS TO MASS TRANSIT. TODAY, LAWMAKERS STRUGGLED TO COME UP WITH QUICK CASH TO REPLACE WHAT'S BEING LOST. BUT WITH A GUN TO THEIR HEAD. ON THE LAST DAY OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THEY COULDN'T GET IT DONE WITH AN ARRAY OF OFFICIALS AND ADVOCATES SLAMMING THE GOVERNOR FOR HER SUDDEN CHANGE OF HEART, WE HAVE FOUGHT TOO HARD. >> WE ARE TOO CLOSE, SHE HAS MADE HER BED. SHE SHOULD LIE IN IT. >> THE GOVERNOR TONIGHT REFUSED TO OFFER HER DEFINITION OF THE WORD PAUSE. IS SHE TALKING ABOUT A MONTH, A YEAR OR TWO YEARS? PERHAPS FOREVER? WE DON'T KNOW. WE ALSO DON'T KNOW HOW THE TRANSIT AUTHORITY WILL RECOUP WHAT IT'S ALREADY SPENT ON THIS PROJECT. THOSE SENSORS AND THE COMPUTERS THAT MANAGE THEM. WELL, THEY ALREADY COST THE MTA MORE THAN HALF $1 BILLION OFF COLUMBUS CIRCLE
