STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION et al

  1. April 04, 2024

    NY Congestion Pricing Judge Pleads For Predictability

    New Jersey state and local governments fighting New York's congestion toll-pricing vision urged a federal judge on Thursday to order environmental justification for the plan, while the judge in turn implored all parties to rely more heavily on precedent and the law.

  2. March 07, 2024

    MTA Says NJ Had Chances For Input On NY Congestion Pricing

    The Metropolitan Transit Authority and the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority are urging a New Jersey federal judge to rule in favor of New York's congestion pricing plan in a suit by the Garden State, calling the neighboring state's claim that it did not have enough opportunity for input on the plan "revisionist history" and accusing the Garden State of attacking the plan solely in the public arena.

  3. February 14, 2024

    NJ Mayor Gets Voice In NY Congestion Pricing Fight

    A New Jersey mayor who recently failed to get his lawsuit over New York's congestion pricing plan merged with another case brought by the Garden State government will be allowed to participate in oral arguments against the Empire State, a federal judge has decided.

  4. February 08, 2024

    NJ, Ft. Lee Mayor Fail To Merge NY Congestion Pricing Suits

    A federal judge on Thursday rejected a bid to consolidate two lawsuits — one filed by New Jersey, the other by the mayor of a Garden State town — seeking to halt New York City's congestion pricing toll plan, ruling that the suits make similar claims but seek different remedies.

  5. January 16, 2024

    NJ Rips Feds, NYC Over 'Unconstitutional' Congestion Pricing

    New Jersey said Tuesday that New York's plan to charge all drivers a fee to enter midtown Manhattan unlawfully discriminates against lower-income Garden State drivers, as it sought permission to add two plaintiffs to its federal lawsuit seeking to block New York's congestion pricing plan.

  6. January 11, 2024

    Judge Exits Congestion Pricing Cases After Pol Flags NJ Ties

    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.

  7. November 13, 2023

    NJ Asks Court To Void NY Congestion Pricing Plan Approval

    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.

  8. October 11, 2023

    MTA Backs New York In New Jersey's Congestion Pricing Suit

    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.

  9. July 21, 2023

    NJ Sues Feds Over 'Reckless' New York Congestion Pricing

    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.