THESE HORRIFIC CRIMES.
>> HIS PUSH COME DURING HUMAN
TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MONTH. >>> TONIGHT THE PRICE OF
CONGESTION PRICING IS GETTER MORE POSITION IS.
NEWS4’S ANDREW SIFF HAS A LOOK
AT THE SUIT AND EXPLAINS WHAT
ALL THIS LEGAL WRANGLING COULD
MEAN FOR THE PRICING PLAN.
>> Reporter: HEAVY TRAFFIC ON
THE FDR DRIVE TODAY.
NEIGHBORS WORRY WHEN CONGESTION
PRICING STARTS, IT WILL GET
WORSE, NOT BETTER. >> THIS WOULD BE DEVASTATING.
ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING.
>> Reporter: FROM THE LOWER EAST
SIDE, SHE’S AMONG DOZENS JOINING
A NEW CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT START
TODAY.
>> MY VOICE ALONG WITH OTHERS
HAS BEEN DISMISSED.
>> Reporter: THEIR COMPLAINT
ISN’T JUST ABOUT THE COST OF THE TOLL WHICH WOULD CHARGE CARS
$15, ADD A SURCHARGE TO CABS AND
FOR-HIRE VEHICLES, AND $24 TO
$36 FOR TRUCKS ENTERING
MANHATTAN SOUTH OF 60th STREET.
THE NEW LAWSUIT CONTENDS, THE
MTA IS IGNORING THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MIGHT SEE
MORE TRAFFIC.
SAYS THE CITY COUNCILMAN --
>> THEY DID AN ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT STUDY WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A RUBBER STAMP.
THAT’S HOW SERIOUS THE MTA IS.
>> Reporter: BUT THEY MAINTAIN
THE FIRST CONGESTION TOLL WILL
RAISE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO
MODERNIZE THE AGING SUBWAY
SYSTEM.
AS FOR POLLUTION, A SPOKESMAN TODAY SAYING, THIS ISSUE HAS
BEEN EXHAUSTIVELY STUDIED IN THE
4,000 PLUS PAGE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WILL BE
REEVALUATED FOR THE ADOPTED TOLLING STRUCTURE BEFORE TOLLING
COMMENCES.
THIS JOINS OTHER LEGAL ACTION
ALREADY IN PROGRESS. NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR PHIL-MURPHY,
TEACHERS’ UNION PRESIDENT, MIKE
MULGREW, AND JOSH GOTHEIMER HAVE
ALREADY GONE TO COURT.
BUT COMMUTER ADVOCATES DON’T BELIEVE THOSE OPPOSED ARE
SINCERE ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL
CONCERNS.
>> THEIRS NO WAY THEY’LL BE
SATISFIED WITH MORE YEARS OF
STUDY.
>> Reporter: THE BIG QUESTION IS WHETHER ANY OF THE LAWSUITS SLOW
DOWN THE MOMENTUM OF CONGESTION
PRICING WHICH IS CURRENTLY
SCHEDULED TO BEGIN TOLLING
DRIVERS BY LATE SPRING.