NEW YORK — There are new developments in the battle over congestion pricing .
As a powerful labor coalition joined a lawsuit to stop the controversial toll program, MTA officials told CBS New York on Tuesday that the multiple suits are putting the brakes on critical improvement projects.
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There are approximately half a dozen suits filed in three separate federal courts. While none of them have been resolved, MTA officials say the litigation is hamstringing them, preventing them from awarding contracts for major projects to upgrade the aging transit system.
“Critical improvements to improve our system, expand our system, make it more accessible, all of those improvements are going to have to be on hold while we await the outcome of this litigation,” said Jamie Torres-Springer, president of MTA Construction and Development.