A New York Supreme Court denied New York State Governor Kathy Hochul and other State respondents’ motions to dismiss lawsuits challenging the Governor’s decision to pause a congestion pricing plan for Manhattan’s Central Business District (CBD). The court found that petitioners who lived in the CBD had standing for their claim under the New York State Constitution’s Environmental Rights Amendment and that the challenges to Governor Hochul’s action were ripe, rejecting the respondents’ contention that there had been no final determination. The court also found that petitioners made “a more than plausible argument” that the New York State Department of Transportation’s execution of a Tolling Agreement—which was a condition precedent to implementing the congestion pricing plan—was ministerial, not discretionary.

Challenge to New York Governor's decision to halt the implementation of a Congestion Pricing Program in New York City.

Riders Alliance v. Hochul

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