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In the News: Streetsblog NYC April 21, 2025

Early Trump Memos Undermine Sean Duffy’s Argument Against Congestion Pricing

Dror Ladin, Attorney, Northeast Office: “In administrative law, you’re not supposed to just reopen questions based on things that could have been raised at the time.”

A subway train on the 7 line in Queens. New York City's congestion pricing program is raising millions for public transit improvements and significantly reducing traffic. (Marco Bottigelli / Getty Images)
case March 5, 2025

New York City’s Congestion Pricing Program

The Congestion Pricing Program results in cleaner air, less traffic, and crucial funding for public transportation improvements and subway upgrades.

Un tren subterráneo de la línea 7 en Queens. Los peajes por congestión de Nueva York proporcionarán fondos cruciales para proyectos de transporte público alrededor de la ciudad. (Marco Bottigelli / Getty Images)
Press Release March 4, 2025

Administración Trump Enfrenta Nuevo Desafío Tras Intentar ‘Acabar’ Con el Programa de Tarifa Por Congestión en Nueva York

Grupos se unen a la demanda de la MTA contra la revocación del programa de tarifa por congestión que ha dado como resultado un aire más limpio, menos tráfico y fondos cruciales para mejoras del transporte público y actualizaciones del metro de la ciudad

New York's congestion pricing plan charges a toll to vehicles entering lower Manhattan. The program addresses the safety hazards and poor air quality caused by extensively congested traffic, and promotes and improves public transit with funds from tolls. (Selcuk Acar / Anadolu via Getty Images)
Press Release March 4, 2025

New Challenge on Trump Administration’s Attempt to “Terminate” New York’s Congestion Pricing Program

Groups join MTA’s lawsuit against DOT’s approval revocation of Congestion Pricing Tolling Program that results in cleaner air, less traffic, and crucial funding for public transportation improvements and subway upgrades

document March 4, 2025

Complaint: Challenging on Trump Administration’s Attempt to “Terminate” New York’s Congestion Pricing Program

Riders Alliance and Sierra Club, represented by Earthjustice, filed a new legal complaint against the Trump administration’s Department of Transportation (DOT) for attempting to end New York City’s long-awaited Congestion Pricing program, less than two months after the program’s successful launch. The legal complaint charges that the Trump administration made serious legal mistakes in its rush to deprive New Yorkers of the benefits of Congestion Pricing, and that these mistakes suggest that the administration is acting pretextually.

A traffic jam on East 42nd Street in Manhattan. (Alexander Spatari / Getty Images)
Article March 4, 2025

Congestion Pricing is a Big Win for Clean Air. We’re Suing Trump to Keep It.

The program is raising millions for public transit improvements and significantly reducing traffic.

Press Release February 19, 2025

La Administración Trump Intenta Retirar la Aprobación Federal del Programa de Tarifa por Congestión en Nueva York. Earthjustice Responde

La comunidad empresarial lucha por mantener vigente el plan tras datos recientes que demuestran su éxito

Dror Ladin, Earthjustice Senior Attorney, speaks to press after the congestion pricing motion to dismiss hearing on Sept. 27, 2024.
Press Release February 19, 2025

Earthjustice Response: Trump Admin. Attempts to Pull Federal Approval of Congestion Pricing

Business community fighting to keep Congestion Pricing in place with the recent data demonstrating its success

MTA electric buses at the Jamaica Depot in New York City. (Marc A. Hermann / MTA)
Press Release January 14, 2025

As Congestion Pricing Kicks Off, MTA Announces Purchase of 265 New Zero-Emissions Buses

Thanks to funding from congestion pricing, New York will place its largest order of zero-emissions buses yet

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP)
From the Experts December 10, 2024

In the Face of a Trump Administration, Governor Hochul Can Advance New York’s Clean Air Goals

As the upcoming federal administration appears hostile to all environmental policies to clean our air, Governor Hochul must harness New York’s resources and market power to support life-saving regulations that tackle transportation pollution.

Dror Ladin, Earthjustice Senior Attorney, speaks to press after the congestion pricing motion to dismiss hearing on Sept. 27, 2024.
Press Release: Victory November 21, 2024

In Comprehensive Settlement, State Department of Transportation Agrees to Binding Obligation to Start Congestion Pricing on January 5

Nonprofit organizations agree to drop their lawsuit once conditions are met

Dror Ladin, Earthjustice Senior Attorney, speaks to press after the congestion pricing motion to dismiss hearing on Sept. 27, 2024.
Press Release September 27, 2024

Corte Suprema de Nueva York Rechaza Moción de Desestimación Presentada por la Gobernadora Hochul en Demanda por Bloqueo de la Tarifa de Congestión

El caso avanza y los demandados tienen hasta el 15 de octubre para responder a las reclamaciones

Dror Ladin, Earthjustice Senior Attorney, speaks to press after the congestion pricing motion to dismiss hearing on Sept. 27, 2024.
Press Release September 27, 2024

New York Supreme Court Denies Motion to Dismiss by Gov. Hochul on the Congestion Pricing Block Lawsuit

The case advances and the defendants have until October 15 to respond to the claims; the Congestion Pricing Program signed into law in 2019 to fund public transportation improvements, improve air quality, reduce traffic, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions

document September 19, 2024

NY Supreme Court: Opposition to Motion to Dismiss Congestion Pricing Lawsuit

Governor Hochul has maintained a blockade of the Congestion Pricing Program. While the Program was set to begin delivering results for New Yorkers on June 30, hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of toll-collecting infrastructure instead sits idle and hundreds of thousands of vehicles sit caught in gridlocked Manhattan.

Senior Attorney, Dror Ladin, speaks during the lawsuit filing press conference on July 25, 2024.
Press Release July 26, 2024

Three Leading Grassroots Organizations of Transit Riders, Environmental Advocates, and Environmental Justice Community Groups Sue Governor Hochul and the State of New York on Congestion Pricing Block

Groups representing hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers, allege that the unilateral decision by Governor Hochul is detrimental to public health and violates New York’s climate law and the state constitution; Depriving the transportation agency/MTA from $15.6 billion for mass improvements

document July 25, 2024

Congestion Pricing Lawsuit: Riders Alliance v. Hochul

Riders Alliance and the Sierra Club Mid-Atlantic Chapter, represented by Earthjustice, file a lawsuit against New York Governor Hochul and the State of New York, urging the court to declare the Governor’s actions unlawful, thus lifting the block on the congestion pricing program.