New York state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli warned Tuesday that financial challenges within the MTA will likely continue despite the start of congestion pricing.

“The MTA has a new capital plan that has a funding gap of $33 billion,” DiNapoli said during an interview on “Mornings On 1.”

“The congestion pricing is going to leverage money for bonding to deal with the current capital plan, but the new one, which is also up in the air because you saw the capital review board rejected it. So that's going to get into the discussion with the state budget about that for the next capital plan, for 2025-2029." he said. "So this discussion of MTA and how we fund it, it's not going to be off the table just with congestion pricing being implemented.”

Congestion pricing, which began Sunday, is expected to generate significant revenue for the MTA, but DiNapoli said that it is only a piece of the puzzle.

“For a long time, we identified the funding gaps, particularly with the MTA capital plan,” he said. “Whether you like congestion pricing or don't like it, the MTA needs the money for the capital plan. We don't want to have the system fall into a state of poor repair.”

DiNapoli acknowledged drivers’ critiques about the tolling plan, including the MTA’s spending practices, saying his office has audited the agency previously and found inefficiencies.

“The MTA needs to be much more efficient and much more cost conscious. No question about it,” he said.

He added that public support for the toll program will now depend on visible improvements.

“People need to see results,” he said. “They need to see that the system will be maintained well. There will be new rolling stock, new trains, new equipment. They need to not only be paying this extra toll, they want to see the results.”