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
Staten Island pols and union heads on Friday welcomed the local chapter of the NAACP to the congestion pricing opposition — arguing the looming $15 toll to drive on some of Manhattan’s busiest streets will harm minority communities. The bipartisan contingent of elected officials and local leaders rallied against the state’s congestion tolling plan, claiming the … 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
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