Gov. Hochul and MTA leaders have hailed the controversial congestion pricing as a success that’s driving down traffic in the heart of Manhattan — but other analysts are saying not so fast.

Drivers, meanwhile, are fuming that traffic still stinks and they’re just paying more after nearly a full year of the toll.

The cash-hungry Metropolitan Transportation Authority added insult to injury to some gridlock weary commuters as they claimed “polling” showed drivers are warming up to the congestion toll even though some reported it’s still hell on wheels downtown.

“This program has been nothing short of transformational, making streets safer, reducing gridlock across the region, and unlocking generational upgrades to mass transit, benefitting millions,” Hochul crowed in September.

“Congesti

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