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OK...we all know IANAL. But...if a city (any city) wants to implement "congestion pricing", I'm pretty sure the federal government has no jurisdiction. No? The state might, but not the feds. City streets are a local problem. I
think the feds only have some say with regards to highways/interstates.
Apparently, the administration's lawyers were finding holes in their arguments, so they were replaced (presumably by mindless yes-men??).
nytimes.com - NYC congestion pricing duffy lawyersThe Trump administration replaced lawyers who had exposed flaws in its legal battle over New York City’s congestion pricing program.
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Mr. Duffy has argued that New York must shut off the toll for two reasons, the letter from the U.S. attorney’s office said. First, that the toll exceeded the scope of the 1990s federal program used to authorize it, because the plan didn’t offer drivers a toll-free option into the zone; second, that the toll should not prioritize the transit authority’s infrastructure upgrades over the goal of reducing traffic.
“Neither of these arguments is likely to convince the court,” the assistant U.S. attorneys who were representing Mr. Duffy wrote. The federal judge presiding over the case, Lewis J. Liman, has already rejected key elements of those theories in other suits related to congestion pricing. 