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Congestion pricing lawsuit

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Published February 27, 2024 at 7:59 PM EST
Traffic moves along 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan on Jan. 25, 2018. After decades of efforts by transportation advocates, the state of New York has approved a plan to add congestion pricing to the city, charging drivers who enter a designated zone of Manhattan.
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Traffic moves along 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan on Jan. 25, 2018. After decades of efforts by transportation advocates, the state of New York has approved a plan to add congestion pricing to the city, charging drivers who enter a designated zone of Manhattan.

A group is filing an amended class action lawsuit to try and stop the MTA's congestion pricing plan for Manhattan.

Susan Lee is the President of New Yorkers Against Congestion Pricing Tax. She says Some Manhattan residents in the congestion zone who don't even drive will be negatively impacted because she says if traffic is significantly decreased, parking garages will be hurt.

"Once those garages go out of business, the cost is passed onto renters and home owners. Their maintenance would increase or their rent would increase."

Her group's lawsuit demands a full environmental impact study. The MTA insists an extensive study was done and says lawsuits to try and stop congestion pricing may delay the implementation of it and impact big MTA projects.
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