NJ Gov. Murphy lawyers up to block New York congestion pricing toll planBy Carl Campanile and Nolan Hicks
June 27, 2023
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has lawyered up — putting New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and President Biden on notice that he’s itching to file a lawsuit to block the MTA’s controversial plan to impose the nation’s first congestion pricing toll system through Manhattan’s central business district.
Murphy announced Tuesday he’s hired pit bull lawyers Randy Mastro and Craig Carpenito to explore all legal options to stop the congestion pricing plan — about the same time that Hochul held a victory lap press conference with Metropolitan Transportation Authority boss Janno Lieber celebrating the Biden administration’s approval of it.
“The Federal Highway Administration’s decision to green-light the MTA’s proposed tolling program marks yet another slight against hardworking New Jerseyans in favor of an agency concerned not with removing vehicles from our roads, but with lining its own coffers,” said Murphy spokesman Bailey Lawrence.
“While we are not necessarily opposed to a carefully crafted congestion pricing proposal, we are deeply disappointed by the FHWA’s limited review and skeptical of the motives of a financially ailing agency that has failed to meaningfully engage with our administration on this issue. To that end, we have retained Randy Mastro and Craig Carpenito of King & Spalding to explore all of our legal options, and we anticipate announcing a course of action soon.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/06/27/nj-gov-murphy-lawyers-up-to-block-ny-congestion-pricing-toll-plan/
