Lawyers for the U.S. Department of Transportation indicated in a court filing that they will not seek an emergency injunction to halt congestion pricing after the April 20 deadline. MTA attorney Roberta Kaplan confirmed that federal lawyers stated their current intention is not to pursue any unilateral action post-deadline. This implies congestion pricing will continue into the summer, as the necessary administrative record won't be available until late May, affecting the MTA's lawsuit against Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
"The MTA ... specifically asked whether the federal defendants contemplate taking any unilateral action on or after April 20 that might require plaintiffs to seek expedited injunctive relief," Kaplan wrote. "The federal defendants ... did state that, at present, they do not intend to seek preliminary injunctive relief themselves."
"The decision not to seek an injunction when the MTA blows past the double secret probation deadline Duffy announced means that congestion pricing will be sticking around at least through the summer, based on the filing schedule on which the plaintiffs and defendants agreed."
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