Hochul: 'Everybody sues over everything,' Primary Prep: NY-1
And New York's highest court decides if it'll hear an appeal from Trump.
Good afternoon — it’s Tuesday, and National Splurge Day.
TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2024
TODAY’S CAPCON:
Hochul’s not sweating congestion pricing lawsuits.
N.Y.’s highest court makes a decision on Trump’s gag order case.
Primary Prep: Avlon vs. Goroff in NY-1
From the Notebook: how the Superfund Act came together, judges resign
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⚖️ Hochul’s not sweating congestion pricing lawsuits
🚗 But more could be on the way and the goals of that litigation have varied.
Since Hochul delayed the implementation of a $15 toll for entering the busiest parts of Manhattan earlier this month, she’s taken heat from both sides of the aisle.
For those who haven’t read CapCon in about a month, that’s congestion pricing.
Many Democrats who live in Manhattan have criticized Hochul for that delay, especially for announcing that decision less than a month before it was set to begin.
They also want to know how needed repairs to the city’s transit system will be funded now that the toll revenue won’t be there.
And they’ve also expressed public health concerns over the continually congested traffic.
Republicans have framed Hochul’s decision as an election-year stunt.
Democrats in the suburbs of New York City have cheered Hochul’s decision for the most part. That’s given Hochul a boost after several prominent Democrats blasted the delay.
Commuters from their districts wouldn’t have been exempted from the toll.
But her decision has now prompted movement in the litigation over congestion pricing while simultaneously spurring new legal action.
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