Congestion pricing has started in New York City. Now, some motorists are devising clever ways to avoid the toll cameras planted strategically around the city. Some commuters are taking extraordinary steps to avoid paying the $9 toll.

The toll, known as congestion pricing, is meant to reduce traffic gridlock in densely packed Manhattan while also raising money to help fix the city’s ailing public transit infrastructure. It formally took effect Sunday.

Congestion pricing is now in effect in NYC, and drivers faced the first weekday commute with the controversial new tolling system.

A Manhattan judge on Monday denied a Hail Mary motion by Donald Trump to stop his sentencing in the Stormy Daniels hush-money case from going ahead this week. In a brief written decision, state Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan kept in place Trump’s sentencing set for Friday at 9:30 a.