18 NY lawmakers join suit to block $15 congestion toll
Originally published in
New York Post: 18 NY lawmakers join suit to block $15 congestion toll
on
.
Eighteen elected officials have joined a federal lawsuit by the teachers union aimed at blocking the controversial new $15 congestion pricing toll to enter Midtown Manhattan.
More than half the plaintiffs are Democrats whose fellow party members approved the law greenlighting congestion pricing in 2019.
UTF President Mike Mulgrew and Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella welcomed the growing, bipartisan coalition who object to having constituents and members pay such a high toll to drive into Midtown south of 60th Street.
State senators now joining the suit include James Skoufis (D-Rockland/Orange), Jessica Scarcella-Spanton (D-Staten island), Iwen Chu (Brooklyn), and Monica Martinez (D-Suffolk). Assemblymembers Aileen Gunther (D-Middletown), Jamie Williams (D-Brooklyn) and David Weprin (D-Queens) have also signed, as has NYC Councilwoman Kamillah Hanks (D-Staten Island),
