Congestion pricing: Judge’s ruling lets lawsuits challenging Hochul’s pause move forward

A judge has allowed two lawsuits challenging Gov. Kathy Hochul’s pause on congestion pricing to proceed, rejecting the governor’s attempts to have the litigation dismissed.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron ruled Friday that the governor’s team had not met the burden to have the cases dismissed, allowing litigants seeking to overturn the governor’s “temporary pause” — which is now approaching its fourth month — to argue in earnest that Hochul’s actions were unlawful.