January 11, 2024
A new judge has been assigned to preside over two New Jersey lawsuits regarding New York's congestion pricing plan in the wake of an Empire State politician's concerns about the original jurist's close ties to the Garden State's governor, a staunch opponent of the plan.
November 13, 2023
New Jersey has urged a federal court to void the U.S. Department of Transportation's decision greenlighting New York's plan to charge all drivers entering midtown Manhattan a fee, saying regulators ignored the environmental havoc that commuters trying to avoid the fee would cause Garden State communities.
October 11, 2023
In a move to back New York's congestion pricing plan, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is seeking to intervene in the federal lawsuit New Jersey filed against the U.S. Department of Transportation challenging the program, according to documents filed in federal court.
July 21, 2023
New Jersey accused the federal government Friday of blindly endorsing New York's "reckless" first-in-the-nation plan to charge all drivers entering midtown Manhattan a fee and of neglecting to fully assess the financial and environmental costs of diverting commuters.