NEW YORK CITY—New York City Comptroller Brad Lander and community organizers and activists have vowed legal action in response to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s freeze on the nation’s first congestion pricing scheme.
The policy of charging commuters entering Manhattan below 60th Street a $15 toll was set to take effect on June 30 pursuant to a 2019 statute. Mr. Lander and allies claim that it would have raised $1 billion for the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA).