Fort Lee mayor sues over congestion pricing, claims program will cause more asthma in NJ
The mayor of Fort Lee, New Jersey filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday that aims to stop the MTA’s congestion pricing program, claiming the tolls planned for Manhattan would increase air pollution in the Garden State.
Sokolich told Gothamist his town, which sits at the foot of the George Washington Bridge, can’t handle any more cars coming to or from the Hudson River crossing. The lawsuit calls for a New Jersey federal judge to halt the congestion pricing program, which the MTA plans to launch in the spring. And if a judge does not stop the tolls, the lawsuit demands that New York establish a monitoring program to “evaluate and treat respiratory distress and asthma resulting” from the program.
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