A New York judge ruled in favor of the city's congestion pricing plan, prompting celebrations from New York officials. However, New Jersey representatives voiced strong opposition, arguing that the program would unfairly burden residents.
Immediately following the decision, New York politicians and transit leaders celebrated the news — and taking digs at New Jersey ’s objections.The MTA chief added that he is confident that Randy Mastro, representing New Jersey in its congestion pricing lawsuit, speaks to reporters at New Jersey federal court on April 3.ability to reduce congestion on our streets while making long-overdue investments in public transit, our position has prevailed in court on nearly every issue.
Now that the judge has issued his ruling, the program will move forward this weekend with a 40% reduction in the originally proposed here could not be a worse time to impose a new $9 toll, escalating over time to $15, on individuals” said Mastro, who previously was Mayor Eric Adams’ pick to be the city’s corporation counsel, only to withdraw his nomination following strong City Council objections.decision to send the case back to the states is an acknowledgment of what many of us have been saying for years: New York has completely failed to address and mitigate the cancer-causing pollution and traffic the congestion tax will wreak on Jersey familie
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