Dear New Yorkers,

Governor Hochul took a disastrously wrong turn when she halted the implementation of congestion pricing last week.

So today – alongside a coalition of legal experts, potential plaintiffs, and advocates – I'm proud to announce that my office is exploring all legal avenues, including multiple lawsuits, to resume New York City’s congestion pricing plan.

Dr. Sharon McLennon Wier is the Executive Director of Center for Independence of the Disabled and part of our coalition.

Delaying congestion pricing harms New York City’s goals of reducing emissions and improving air quality. And it leaves a $15 billion hole in the MTA’s Capital Program – funding that is essential to update decades-old signal technology that causes train delays, and install elevators that will enable the MTA to reach its legally-mandated 95% accessibility goal by 2055.

This sudden and potentially illegal reversal wronged a host of New Yorkers, who have a right to what was long promised to all of New York—a world-class mass transit system that works for all.

So in response to the Governor’s about-face, my office is working with a broad coalition of advocates and experts to ensure the swift and inevitable implementation of congestion pricing—even if it means them taking their cases to court.

We're here to steer our shared future back on track together with these stakeholders:

• New Yorkers with disabilities, who are depending on the MTA’s commitment to making 95% of the city’s 472 subway stations ADA accessible by 2050
• Manhattan residents and businesses that are adversely impacted by congestion
• MTA board members who voted to adopt congestion pricing in order to meet their capital plan
• MTA bondholders who own bonds backed by expected revenues from congestion pricing

Governor Hochul’s congestion pricing reversal is potentially illegal. That is why we're assembling this coalition of legal experts and impacted parties who intend to challenge the last-minute reversal in court.

We will have much more to come on this in the days and weeks ahead, including further announcements after the MTA Board votes on the Governor’s proposal on June 24.

Thanks,

Brad

The Office of New York City Comptroller

Our mailing address is:
Office of New York City Comptroller Brad Lander
1 Centre Street
New York, NY 10007
United States

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