NYC starts driver congestion charging despite opposition [Video]

New York launched a controversial scheme Sunday to charge drivers entering parts of the city, a first in the United States, putting local authorities on a collision course with President-elect Donald Trump.

State governor Kathy Hochul announced in November that drivers entering areas of Manhattan south of Central Park would pay a daytime toll of $9 from midnight January 4.

That plan revives one, originally with a $15 base fee, that she paused in June, saying there were “too many unintended consequences for New Yorkers.”

Republican lawmakers have called on Trump, a native New Yorker who has vowed to kill the scheme if elected, to intervene now to terminate it.

Areas neighboring New York City have argued that a charge would hurt their businesses and impair their residents’ ability to commute into Manhattan.

A judge denied an 11th-hour effort Friday by neighboring New Jersey state officials to block the scheme …