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Dual Lawsuits Slam Hochul’s Congestion Pricing ‘Pause’

Rider Alliance Executive Director Betsy Plum speaks outside the Municipal Building about a pair of lawsuits aimed at forcing the state to implement congestion pricing.

A pair of lawsuits filed Thursday aim to put congestion pricing back on track after Gov. Kathy Hochul derailed the Manhattan vehicle-tolling plan last month, weeks before it was to take effect. The cases, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court by transit advocates and a civic association, are the first that seek to overturn what court […]

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UN Secretary-General Says the World Must Turbocharge the Fossil Fuel Phaseout

Ongoing deadly heat waves around the world, set against the backdrop of a seemingly endless series of annual, monthly and daily heat records on every continent and ocean, prompted United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to make an urgent call to “turbo charge” cuts to fossil fuels.  “All countries must deliver by next year nationally determined […]

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VP Harris tells teachers union she’s ‘fighting for the future,’ blasts Project 2025

Vice President Kamala Harris — the likely 2024 Democratic presidential nominee — outlined on Thursday some of her “vision of the future” while touting the administration’s education record in her keynote address to the American Federation of Teachers national convention in Houston. Harris has quickly drawn the support of major unions like the AFT in […]