{"id":2213303,"date":"2024-04-04T18:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T22:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tri-state-tussle-new-jerseys-battle-with-new-yorks-mta-over-congestion-pricing-begins-in-court\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T18:14:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T22:14:27","slug":"tri-state-tussle-new-jerseys-battle-with-new-yorks-mta-over-congestion-pricing-begins-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tri-state-tussle-new-jerseys-battle-with-new-yorks-mta-over-congestion-pricing-begins-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey and New York&#8217;s MTA clash in court over congestion pricing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftri-state-tussle-new-jerseys-battle-with-new-yorks-mta-over-congestion-pricing-begins-in-court%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2213303&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Hearings started in New Jersey&#8217;s federal lawsuit against New\u2063 York over NYC&#8217;s\u2062 congestion pricing. New\u2063 Jersey argues\u2062 environmental concerns and burdens from the new rule. Cars entering Manhattan below 60th Street face $15 fees\u2062 on weekdays. Issues raised include lack\u2063 of benefits for New Jersey and the need for an environmental impact study before implementing pricing. Discussions center on financial disparities \u200cand public transport concerns.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Hearings began in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2952759\/new-jersey-gets-tentative-green-light-to-remove-county-line-from-democratic-primary-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>New Jersey\u2019s<\/a> federal lawsuit against its neighbor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2950109\/new-york-inmates-claim-religious-freedom-lawsuit-watch-solar-eclipse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>New York<\/a> in one of several lawsuits surrounding New York City\u2019s new<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2942167\/nyc-drivers-one-step-closer-paying-15-congestion-tax-after-board-approval\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> congestion pricing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey\u2019s lawsuit hinges on environmental concerns and burdens placed on the Garden State due to the new rule, which was approved last week. Starting in June, cars entering Manhattan below 60th Street will be charged $15 during weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe end result is that New Jersey will bear much of the burden of this congestion pricing scheme-in terms of environmental, financial, and human impacts, but receive none of its benefits,\u201d the state\u2019s lawsuit said.<\/p>\n<p>In court<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/news\/2024\/04\/nyc-did-congestion-pricing-backwards-nj-lawyer-says-in-court-battle-over-15-fee.html\"> hearings<\/a> in Newark on Wednesday, Randy Mastro, an attorney for the state of New Jersey, argued that an environmental impact study should have been done before the pricing went into effect. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first congestion pricing program of its kind in national history,\u201d Mastro asked. \u201cShouldn\u2019t it have undergone a full Environmental Impact Statement? This was done backwards. The agency must do it over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mark Chertok, representing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, said New Jersey\u2019s legal challenge is money-based. The MTA plan does not allocate funds for NJ Transit or the PATH, which runs from Manhattan to urban New Jersey cities, such as Hoboken, Newark, and Jersey City. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe case for New Jersey is they aren\u2019t getting a share,\u201d Chertok said. \u201cThe analysis in the environmental assessment was extensive, including New Jersey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mastro argued that while New York agreed to spend $150 million on the effects of the new plan on pollution, it did not commit financially to the same problems in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) said the new law does not mitigate pollution as it aims. Murphy argued that it places an additional burden on New Jersey commuters. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur main legal action has been to sue to ask the Biden administration, the Department of Transportation, to do a full-bore environmental study. We\u2019ve said we\u2019ll live with the results of that. You are not eliminating pollution, you are just displacing it from Manhattan to New Jersey,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/news\/2024\/04\/nyc-did-congestion-pricing-backwards-nj-lawyer-says-in-court-battle-over-15-fee.html\">Murphy said<\/a>. \u201cAnd you\u2019re charging our commuters an exorbitant fee on top of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s already<a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/port-authority-toll-hikes-bridge-tunnel\/14287294\/#:~:text=Toll%20hikes%20went%20into%20effect,%2413.38%20during%20off%2Dpeak%20hours.\"> expensive<\/a> for New Jersey commuters to enter Manhattan. Currently, to cross the George Washington Bridge or the Holland Tunnel without an E-Z pass is $17.63. With an E-Z pass, tolls can range from $13.38 to $15.38, depending on the hours. <\/p>\n<p>Each day, 400,000 people from New Jersey commute into New York City. The new price hike will go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/new.mta.info\/\">MTA<\/a>, which oversees the New York City subway and commuter trains into Westchester County, Long Island, and Connecticut. Regarding the controversy, the MTA said New Jersey profits off New Yorkers just as much as New York profits off New Jerseyans. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou got to be kidding! New Jersey collects millions from New York drivers who use the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway, but it\u2019s somehow unconstitutional for New York to toll its own roads?\u201d MTA\u2019s chief of policy and external relations, John McCarthy, said in January.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey is requesting that congestion pricing be postponed until further research is done to study its impact on the state. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Jersey initiated federal lawsuit hearings against neighboring New York as part of various legal battles on NYC&#8217;s congestion pricing. The lawsuit argues environmental impacts and challenges faced by the Garden State due to the recent rule approval. 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