Blue vs Blue. New Jersey sues Highway Authority over New York

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has been working on a plan to massively increase the tolls charged to people coming into New York City since last year. Now that plan is finally going into effect, or at least it was. The scheme may be on hold now because the Governor of New Jersey filed a lawsuit to stop the rate hikes from going into effect. He apparently couldn’t figure out a way to sue New York State directly, so he is instead suing the Federal Highway Administration over its approval of the plan last year. And since it’s not illegal to charge a toll or a fee to drive on a road or bridge, Governor Phil Murphy is suing on environmental damage grounds, claiming that the project was approved without a sufficiently comprehensive environmental study… or something.Read More