New York’s plan to charge most drivers $9 to enter Manhattan’s congested business districts cleared a crucial hurdle on Friday evening when a federal judge denied New Jersey’s emergency request to stop the new tolling program before it starts.
New York officials said they intended to move ahead with the long-planned and much-debated congestion pricing program beginning on Sunday.
“Everybody knows this is a huge, huge weekend,” said Janno Lieber, chief executive of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. “We’re really gratified.”
He added: “After untold numbers of lawsuits and lots of fighting in the press, the time for debating and lawsuits is over. It’s time to get to work making this new initiative a success for New York.”
Randy Mastro, a New York-based lawyer who is representing New Jersey in its lawsuit against the tolling program, said he intended to try to appeal the judge’s ruling before Sunday.
jackpot slot online“We respectfully disagree with the trial court’s decision not to halt New York’s congestion pricing program before it goes into effect on Sunday,” Mr. Mastro said. “We will continue to fight for the people of New Jersey by seeking emergency relief from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.”
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It points to ProgressNow data that suggests Ms. Harris is trailing President Biden’s levels of support with Black, Latino and young voters in Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin in 2020 — and notes that the diverse coalitions Mr. Biden assembled were critical to his slim margins of victory.
Instead, on Wednesday evening Mr. Johnson will put the legislation to a vote using a special procedure that requires the support of two-thirds of those voting to pass. That all but guarantees that Democrats will need to rally most of the votes to push the critical bill extending current funding until Dec. 20 across the finish line.
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