NEW CITY – Rockland County has filed a lawsuit against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority over its congestion pricing plan.
The complaint seeks an injunction against the commencement of the upcoming Central Business District Toll in Manhattan.
“We are joining the fight against the Congestion Pricing Plan and its grossly unfair impact on Rocklanders and other west of the Hudson commuters,” County Executive Ed Day said Wednesday.
The way the plan is being implemented is “unfair and inequitable,” said County Attorney Thomas Humbach.
“If you keep your car inside the central business district and you live on 59th Street and you drive down to your office on Wall Street every day, go to restaurants and everything in midtown or south, you never have to pay the toll no matter how much congestion you are causing,” he said.
The complaint contends the toll is invalid and should be enjoined.
State Senator James Skoufis (D, Cornwall), meanwhile, responded to the MTA passage of the plan with just four words: “See you in court.”
