Open Plans Joins Effort to Pursue Legal Avenues to Resume Congestion Pricing

NEW YORK—Today, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander and a broad coalition of legal experts, potential plaintiffs, and advocates announced they are pursuing all legal avenues, including multiple lawsuits, to resume New York City’s congestion pricing plan, which Governor Kathy Hochul walked back at the eleventh hour.

Statement from Open Plans Co-Executive Director Sara Lind:

 “Pausing congestion pricing just weeks before it starts is not only craven, dangerous, and shortsighted—it’s illegal. Congestion pricing is the law, passed explicitly to save New Yorkers from debilitating congestion, traffic violence, transit inaccessibility, and climate disaster. By pulling the plug, Governor Hochul has turned her back on millions of New Yorkers and set the city on a crash course. This lawsuit is our demand, on behalf of all New Yorkers, to move forward with what we were promised and all rightfully deserve—an improved streetscape for pedestrians, transit riders, cyclists, business owners, and even drivers.”