> A Manhattan judge allowed lawsuits challenging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s pause of congestion pricing to proceed on Friday — but not before declaring, “I got a ride into Manhattan and the traffic was terrible. Can’t someone do something about it?”
> Judge Arthur Engoron, who made the crack upon taking the bench, is presiding over two lawsuits brought by a coalition of groups asking him to order Hochul to turn on the tolls charging drivers who travel south of 60th Street.
> His ruling allows the cases to proceed, though the slow pace of litigation may conflict with Albany’s legislative calendar. Hochul has pledged to have a new plan for congestion pricing around January, when the state Legislature goes back into session.
> During oral arguments on Hochul’s motion to dismiss the cases, Engoron repeatedly questioned the state’s lawyers about the governor’s authority to pause the plan in the first place. The judge asked if the move was just a “backdoor veto” of the program.
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> A Manhattan judge allowed lawsuits challenging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s pause of congestion pricing to proceed on Friday — but not before declaring, “I got a ride into Manhattan and the traffic was terrible. Can’t someone do something about it?”
> Judge Arthur Engoron, who made the crack upon taking the bench, is presiding over two lawsuits brought by a coalition of groups asking him to order Hochul to turn on the tolls charging drivers who travel south of 60th Street.
> His ruling allows the cases to proceed, though the slow pace of litigation may conflict with Albany’s legislative calendar. Hochul has pledged to have a new plan for congestion pricing around January, when the state Legislature goes back into session.
> During oral arguments on Hochul’s motion to dismiss the cases, Engoron repeatedly questioned the state’s lawyers about the governor’s authority to pause the plan in the first place. The judge asked if the move was just a “backdoor veto” of the program.
!ping YIMBY&USA-NYC
What one day of NYC traffic does to a mf