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City Club Litigation Compels Governor to Resume Congestion Pricing
PRESS RELEASE NOVEMBER 22, 2024 New York, NY  – The City Club of New York is proud to announce that its legal action has successfully...
Nov 25, 2024


City of Yes for Housing Opportunity: The Wrong Remedy for the Wrong Problem
November 18, 2024 By John Low-Beer, J.D., PhD. City Club Law Committee Chair The New York City Planning Department presents the City of...
Nov 20, 2024


Letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul from the Congestion Pricing Now Coalition and Elected Officials
November 12, 2024 Honorable Kathy Hochul Governor NYS State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224 Dear Governor Hochul, We write today as a...
Nov 14, 2024


Congestion Pricing Supporters Head to Court to Get Program Back on Track
THE NEW YORK TIMES September 27, 2024 BY ANA LEY & WINNIE HU "Supporters of the tolling program want Gov. Kathy Hochul to bring it back...
Sep 27, 2024


Issue Highlights: Pier 55
Our full brief (2016) is available as a .pdf at the end of the post. THE CITY CLUB OF NEW YORK'S MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE URBAN...
Aug 4, 2024


2 more congestion pricing lawsuits challenge Gov. Hochul's authority to scrap the plan. Her team's response? "Get in line."
CBS NEWS July 25, 2024 BY ALICE GAINER "NEW YORK -- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's sudden pause on congestion pricing is facing two new...
Jul 25, 2024


Congestion Pricing: Environmental and civic groups sue Hochul to force start of Manhattan toll program
AMNY July 25, 2024 BY BEN BRACHFELD "Gov. Kathy Hochul’s indefinite pause on congestion pricing has officially been challenged in court,...
Jul 25, 2024


NY Governor Hochul Sued Over NYC Congestion Pricing Freeze
BLOOMBERG July 25, 2024 BY MICHELLE KASKE & CHRIS DOLMETSCH "Governor Kathy Hochul was sued over her pause on New York City’s traffic...
Jul 25, 2024


Transit and environmental advocates sue NY governor over decision to halt Manhattan congestion toll
Washington Post July 25, 2024 Photo: AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews Transit and environmental advocacy groups in New York have filed lawsuits...
Jul 25, 2024


Lawsuits say NY Gov. Hochul had no right to stop MTA congestion pricing plan
NY DAILY NEWS July 25, 2024 Photo: Susan Watts/Office of Governor BY EVAN SIMKO-BEDNARSKI "Congestion pricing supporters filed two...
Jul 25, 2024


Transit and environmental advocates sue NY governor over decision to halt Manhattan congestion toll
By The Associated Press July 25, 2024 "NEW YORK — Transit and environmental advocacy groups in New York filed lawsuits Thursday...
Jul 25, 2024


2 new lawsuits filed over indefinite pause on New York City's congestion pricing plan
ABC 7 NEWS July 25, 2024 "NEW YORK (WABC) -- Two new lawsuits were filed Thursday in response to the indefinite pause of congestion...
Jul 25, 2024


Advocates sue Gov. Hochul over her decision to halt NYC congestion pricing
Photo: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images GOTHAMIST July 25, 2024 BY STEPHEN NESSEN "Congestion pricing proponents want to see New...
Jul 25, 2024


First legal challenges to Hochul’s NYC congestion pricing pause set to be filed Thursday
NY POST July 25, 2024 Photos (left): James Messerschmidt,Christopher Sadowski, & Robert Miller BY: CARL CAMPANILE, CRAIG MC CARTHY, MATT...
Jul 25, 2024


Statement on Congestion Pricing
July 25, 2024 My name is Layla Law-Gisiko, I am the president of the City Club of New York. For over a hundred years, the City Club has...
Jul 25, 2024
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