MLC backs lawsuit challenging congestion pricing plan
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The Chief: MLC backs lawsuit challenging congestion pricing plan
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An effort to block the MTA’s congestion pricing plan is gaining union support, with the Municipal Labor Committee having voted in favor of filing an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit by the Staten Island Borough president and the United Federation of Teachers.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency noted that congestion pricing could have negative air quality outcomes in the Bronx, Staten Island and Bergen County because of increased traffic. The plan, expected to go live this spring, will establish a $15 toll for most drivers entering Manhattan’s Central Business District between 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekends.
Additionally, 18 elected officials have decided to join the lawsuit as co-plaintiffs, Fossella and the UFT announced Monday. They include Assemblymembers Michael Reilly and Aileen Gunther, Senators Jessica Scarcella-Spanton and Andrew Lanza, as well as City Council Members Joe Borelli and Kamillah Hanks. Civil rights organizations The A. Philip Randolph Institute, the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists and the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement have also decided to join the suit.
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