Commercial truck drivers have joined the long list of opponents who’ve filed lawsuits to block the controversial first-in-nation congestion toll to enter parts of Manhattan. The Trucking Association of New York (TANY) slammed the congestion pricing program as unconstitutional and a “scheme for which there is no prior precedent in this country” in a suit … Read more
Lawyers for the city teacher’s union have ripped the decision by the MTA to set a June 30 date for the start of $15 congestion pricing — saying it shows the agency is not reconsidering the environmental impacts of the scheme, according to a new filing in their federal suit. “We believe it fair to … Read more
The Issue: Gov. Hochul’s veto of an MTA plan to charge a $750,000 fee to run the New York Marathon. Kudos to Gov. Hochul for nixing the insane bridge fee and putting the MTA in its place (“Kat: I toll you no!” April 5). Now continue with bail reform and put the criminals in their … Read more
The Issue: The mounting resistance against congestion pricing amid plans for a mid-June rollout. The Post is right (“Wrong Turn,” Steve Cuozzo, PostOpinion, Mar. 3). It was former Mayor Michael Bloomberg who decided that we needed fewer drivers. He jacked up fines, installed red-light and speeding cameras and created miles of bus-only and bike lanes. … Read more
Eighteen elected officials have joined a federal lawsuit by the teachers union aimed at blocking the controversial new $15 congestion pricing toll to enter Midtown Manhattan. More than half the plaintiffs are Democrats whose fellow party members approved the law greenlighting congestion pricing in 2019. UTF President Mike Mulgrew and Staten Island Borough President Vito … Read more
Claims, trains and automobiles! New York City’s most powerful teachers’ union has teamed up with Staten Island’s Republican borough president to sue to stop the MTA’s controversial congestion pricing plan. The lawsuit, filed Thursday by the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), has asked the court to halt the implementation of the soon-to-be-launched plan, which would charge drivers … Read more
Staten Island’s bitter opposition to the MTA’s congestion pricing plan has revived the borough’s long-dormant secession movement. “I think it’s time to secede,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island) told The Post. “There’s no real value in being part of this city or the state. We didn’t vote for this mayor; we didn’t vote for this governor; … Read more
Ex-Gov. David Paterson hit the brakes on the nation’s first congestion pricing toll system headed for Manhattan — claiming business hasn’t fully recovered from the COVID pandemic and current traffic doesn’t warrant it. In a Sunday interview with John Catsimatidis on WABC 770 AM’s Cats Roundtable, Paterson bluntly forecast, “It’s going to be a problem.” … Read more
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy filed a federal lawsuit Friday to block a contentious plan to impose the nation’s first congestion pricing toll system on some of Manhattan’s busiest streets. The Garden State governor’s suit in New Jersey federal court claims the US Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration didn’t conduct a proper … Read more
The decades-long dream of bringing subway service directly into East Harlem is slowly inching forward as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority released stunning renderings of the line’s future stations and put out the first key contract out for bid. The contract, announced on Wednesday, is worth an estimated $50-$100 million and will fund the relocation of … Read more