City Comptroller Brad Lander has assembled a legal team that is expected to announce litigation aimed at activating congestion pricing, the city’s fiscal watchdog exclusively told amNewYork Metro Wednesday.
Lawyers with civil rights firm Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel, climate group Earthjustice, and legal aid group Mobilization for Justice have entered into a “joint defense agreement” to launch the Manhattan toll program. Congestion pricing, which had been set to start June 30, would have charged $15 for most motorists to enter Lower Manhattan and raise billions for mass transit improvements — but that was indefinitely frozen when Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a pause last month.
