18 pols join UFT’s congestion fee suit

Suing to stop congestion pricing in Manhattan is getting to be as popular as Stanley drink tumblers, with 18 elected officials and three civil rights organizations signing on this week as plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit originally brought by the United Federation of Teachers and Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella on Jan. 4.

Supporters in the state Senate are Iwen Chu (D-Brooklyn), Andrew Lana (R-SI), Jessica Scarcella-Spanton (D-SI, Brooklyn) Monica Martinez (D-Suffolk), Rob Rolison (R-Poughkeepsie) and James Skoufis (D-Cornwall).

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