New York’s controversial plan to charge drivers for entering Manhattan’s central business district starting on Sunday is facing a last-ditch challenge from neighboring New Jersey.
New Jersey went to court Friday to urge a federal judge to stop the congestion pricing plan’s launch while US transportation officials provide specifics from their environmental review of the project that he ordered earlier this week. The hearing in Newark caps a high-stakes showdown between the two states, with billions of dollars in toll revenue on the line for modernizing New York’s more than century-old transit system.
After hearing arguments for about an hour ...
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