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MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) -- Two lawsuits have been filed against New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's indefinite pause of Congestion Pricing. They allege the governor broke the law by halting the plan to charge a fee on cars entering the city's Central Business District south of 60th Street. One lawsuit claims that car fumes are "making the city’s residents sick, harming the city’s economy and quality of life, and exacerbating the climate crisis." 
	
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Hochul, DOT sued over congestion pricing

Through a spokesperson, Hochul, who instituted an “indefinite pause” for the congestion pricing scheme before it was supposed to go live on June 30, told the lawsuits’ plaintiffs to “get in line” and join others trying to get her to restart the $15 daily toll.

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Hochul tells pro-congestion pricing groups suing her over pause of $15 toll to ‘get in line’

NEW YORK—After weeks of vowing to pursue legal action if congestion pricing in New York City did not go into effect by June 30 as scheduled, supporters of the policy have now filed two lawsuits against Gov. Kathy Hochul for having placed a pause on it.
The two lawsuits accuse the governor of flouting the 2019 MTA Reform and Traffic Mobility Act, impeding the curbing of greenhouse gas emissions, and violating citizens’ constitutional right to a h…

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Supporters of Congestion Pricing File Two Lawsuits Against New York Governor

Environmentalists are suing Gov. Kathy Hochul over her decision to indefinitely pause a $15 toll in New York City that was intended to reduce traffic congestion.

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Hochul sued over indefinite pause of congestion pricing

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Congestion pricing advocates filed two lawsuits against New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday. They accused Hochul—and by extension, the Department of Transportation (DOT)—of violating state law mandating climate action when she unilaterally nixed the environmental program weeks before its start date. 
	
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Lawsuits challenge New York Gov. Hochul's indefinite halt on Congestion Pricing

Another suit claims Hochul's move to suspend congestion pricing violates a constitutional right to clean air and a healthy environment.

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Advocates challenge Hochul over congestion pricing pause

According to the coalition, the goal of the lawsuits is to force the governor to implement congestion pricing, which would have started on June 30.

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Gov. Hochul faces new lawsuits over congestion pricing pause

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Congestion pricing advocates filed two lawsuits against New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday. They accused Hochul—and by extension, the Department of Transportation (DOT)—of violating state law mandating climate action when she unilaterally nixed the environmental program weeks before its start date.  “When Governor Hochul halted congestion pricing last month, she singlehandedly deprived millions of subway and bus ride…

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A pair of lawsuits filed Thursday aim to put congestion pricing back on track after Gov. Kathy Hochul derailed the Manhattan vehicle-tolling plan last month, weeks before it was to take effect. The cases, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court by transit advocates and a civic association, are the first that seek to overturn what court papers describe as Hochul’s “quite literally, lawless” about face on the Central Business District Tolling Program tha…

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Dual Lawsuits Slam Hochul’s Congestion Pricing ‘Pause’

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander and a coalition of lawyers, plaintiffs, and advocates announced two new lawsuits Thursday, challenging Gov. Kathy Hochul’s indefinite pause of the city’s congestion pricing plan.  The lawsuits, filed three weeks before the plan’s scheduled implementation, aim to compel the governor to enact the program as mandated by state law. […] The post Gov. Hochul faces lawsuits for halting NYC congestion pricing appear…

Lawsuits challenge New York Gov. Hochul's indefinite halt on Congestion Pricing

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