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(The Center Square) — Environmental and transit advocates are taking New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to court over her 11th-hour decision to put the brakes on the nation’s first congestion pricing plan. A pair of lawsuits filed in the state Supreme Court on Thursday allege that Hochul acted illegally by pausing the $15 tolls on vehicles entering Manhattan’s business district. The new charges were projected to generate some $1 billion a year for public transit upgrades. One lawsuit challenges Hochul’s authority to single-handedly block implementation of the 2019 MTA Reform and Traffic Mobility Act, …

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