Comptroller Lander: Judge’s ruling ‘rightly denied’ motion to dismiss lawsuits challenging toll pricing pause

September 27, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

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NEW YORK CITY — NYC COMPTROLLER BRAD LANDER IS PRAISING a State Supreme Court judge’s decision to greenlight two lawsuits against the pause in the congestion pricing program.

Lander, who advocated for the traffic tolling program that was set to take effect three months ago, said, “This is a victory for our broad coalition of transit riders, environmental advocates, and disability justice organizations. Judge [Arthur F.] Engoron rightfully denied Gov. Hochul’s motion to dismiss two critical lawsuits to restore congestion pricing. This development is a blow to the governor’s misguided belief that she has the ultimate authority to override an established law and remake it to fit her whims.”

The City Club and two transit and environment advocacy groups were litigating to remove Gov. Hochul’s pause of the plan so that it could begin. Hochul’s predecessor, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, had signed congestion pricing into law in 2019, after both houses of state legislature adopted it. The federal government approved the plan last year.

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