What no one really seems to talk about that I can find is just how the money flows through NYC and then to TransCore, the company that is running the service.

What no one really seems to talk about that I can find is just how the money flows through NYC and then to TransCore, the company that is running the service. Most of these are some sort of profit sharing arrangement, usually with most of the fee going to the provider vs the local government. This is almost always some sort of shady friend of a friend deal that makes the only real winner the service provider, in this case TransCore, so it would be interesting to trace the money through the deal to see just what the real motivation and reality is of this. Now particularly that it's turning into a circus, who pays the company running it now that it's installed and NOT being used and no profit to be had? It was already stated that NYC wanted tracking of cars even without the congestion fees, and thus tracking the people in or around them, so likely the real reason they're there. Since the local law enforcement cannot effectively police the city, this is meant to do something, hopefully anything to help, but with most of the crime originating from undocumented migrants at this point, the only persons to be punished will be real citizens. Funny thing, in the UK they are trying this as their ULEZ plan, and people took to this by chopping down the cameras installed on the side of the road to the point they've disabled effectively more than 10% of them. The city of course is trying to find the "vigilantes" doing this, but mean time they are deploying vans equipped with cameras and readers in their place to deter vandalism. The "blade runners" as they're called have now taken to following them around and blocking them with cars, objects, or otherwise still disabling them with spray paint and other means however to negate their efficacy. Sadly the NYC cameras are mounted in such a way to make this more difficult to do, but I'm certain where there's a will, there's a way.