With a pair of House members from both parties considering trying to take her job, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) will have to play defense from the right and the center — if not quite the center-left.

The governor told CBS that she believes congestion pricing is working and President Donald Trump does not have the power to unilaterally end it.

Looking right at Donald Trump on Friday afternoon in the Oval Office, Gov. Kathy Hochul tried a different approach from telling him he was acting like a king for his attempt to end New York’s pay-for-entry congesting pricing system.

President Donald Trump and Gov. Kathy Hochul met in the Oval Office days after his administration revoked federal approval for New York City congestion pricing.

New York’s congestion pricing tolls are moving forward, and Gov. Kathy Hochul is standing firm in support of the program, despite ongoing lawsuits and opposition from federal and state officials.

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) knew how she wanted to appeal to President Donald Trump on New York City’s congestion pricing plan. “Big words” and “nice colors” were included in her presentation to him, she told a laughing Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board on Wednesday.

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s road show in support of congestion pricing made a stop in Midtown Wednesday at an MTA board meeting — after her in-person pitch last week to President Donald Trump. Vowing that New York “will not be steamrolled” by the federal government’s bid to shut down the vehicle-tolling plan by a newly revealed

Hochul and Trump met at the Oval Office for more than an hour for a “frank, candid conversation about New York’s key priorities including congestion pricing, immigration, infrastructure, economic development, energy, offshore wind and nuclear power,” confirmed Hochul spokesman Avi Small Saturday.

President Trump's attempt to end NYC congestion​ was top of mind for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the MTA board on Wednesday.

Gov. Kathy Hochul met Friday with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office for what her spokesman called "a frank, candid conversation" about topics such as immigration and congestion pricing.