Cleaning up after congestion pricing is messy — but worth it

Whaddya know: Gov. Hochul found a billion dollars for the MTA without having to raise taxes or impose congestion pricing.

You never know what’s lying in the seat cushions in the leather couches adorning the state capitol’s War Room, unless you’re motivated to look.

Yes, it’s chaos in Albany as the Legislature mulls Hochul’s push to issue the MTA a 15-year, $15 billion IOU after she indefinitely postponed the congestion fees.

And bravo to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins for nixing the gov’s idea of boosting the metro-area “mobility tax” (on employment!) to cover the gap.

But the fact remains that the “congestion toll” was a ridiculous kludge that Hochul was right to kill.

And it’s only to be expected that Albany’s first efforts to replace the MTA’s revenues would also be other kludges.