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Try, try again – if you didn’t succeed in your last Oval Office meeting.

President Trump and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul failed to reach a formal agreement on congestion pricing Friday, according to a spokesperson for the governor who nonetheless called the high-stakes White House meeting “productive.”

The sit-down came just a week after Hochul cast herself as leader of the anti-Trump “resistance” amid growing tensions with the president, especially after the feds moved to kill congestion pricing, as well as sued the Empire State over its sanctuary city policies for undocumented immigrants.


  Hochul has tried to cast herself as the leader of Trump resistance in recent weeks. Zuma / SplashNews.com Hochul has tried to cast herself as the leader of Trump resistance in recent weeks. Zuma / SplashNews.com

  The constitution pipeline would carry natural gas across New York state. New York Post The constitution pipeline would carry natural gas across New York state. New York Post

Hochul publicly saved her harsh words afterward the White House meeting, leaving a spokesperson to give a two-line statement revealing the pair discussed a broad range of topics, including the redevelopment of Penn Station, congestion pricing, tariffs and energy policy.

“While no formal agreements or decisions were reached, it was a productive conversation and we look forward to continuing the dialogue in the coming weeks,” the spokesperson said.

Trump on Thursday also said he wanted to revive the Constitution pipeline, a project killed by New York regulators in 2016 over concerns it could impact clean water supplies.

But he didn’t weigh in after his latest powwow with the Democratic governor.

A White House spokesperson told The Post that the president won’t be discussing his meeting with Hochul.

“A private conversation,” the aide characterized it.

Hochul, following Trump’s election win, appeared ready to set aside her political differences in favor of collaboration on Penn Station and other big New York projects.

She held a series of seemingly positive calls with Trump, who boasted about his “respect” for her.

But Trump administration officials blindsided Hochul by suing the Empire State in February over its sanctuary policies, prompting her to postpone a lunch meeting with the president.

A few days later, Trump’s transportation secretary Sean Duffy said he’d pull federal approval for congestion pricing – a decision that the president celebrated in a Truth Social post that declared: “LONG LIVE THE KING!”

Hochul publicly blasted Trump’s monarchical proclamation. She and MTA officials are fighting the feds in court and have vowed to keep collecting the tolls.

Behind-the-scenes, Hochul kept dialogue open with Trump and met with him inside the Oval Office in February.

She provided Trump a picture book during the meeting that highlighted the “early success of congestion pricing.”

The MTA faces a March 21 deadline from the Federal Highway Administration to stop collecting the $9 toll on drivers entering Manhattan below 60th Street, but the tolls are unlikely to stop while the lawsuit works its way through the courts.

– Additional reporting by Steven Nelson

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