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Congestion Pricing: Environmental and civic groups sue Hochul to force start of Manhattan toll program

By Ben Brachfeld Posted on July 25, 2024

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s indefinite pause on congestion pricing has officially been challenged in court, with transit riders, environmental advocates, and civic groups filing lawsuits Thursday requesting a judge order the immediate implementation of the stalled Manhattan tolling program.

The City Club of New York, a good government group, filed the first of Thursday’s cases along with Hell’s Kitchen residents Christine Berthet and Kathleen Treat, and accuses the governor of violating the 2019 state law ordering the MTA to implement a congestion pricing program to fund $16.5 billion of investments to modernize the transit system, plans that are now on ice indefinitely.

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