The New York City Department of Transportation is being pressured by the federal government to comply with guidelines that limit the size of billboards near designated highways or else risk losing federal highway money.

The giant, iconic signs of New York City’s Times Square have recently come under federal scrutiny.
According to Polly Trottenberg, commissioner of the city’s Department of Transportation, federal officials are pressuring her department to either get rid of most of the billboards or risk losing funding. 
A 2012 federal law designated numerous roads, including the on