The transportation department in New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is joining a lawsuit alongside the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to contest the Trump administration’s move to block congestion pricing.

MTA filed the lawsuit in February, and New York City’s Department of Transportation joined the suit Friday, a spokesperson told Politico.

“In case there were any doubts, MTA, State and City reaffirmed in a court filing that congestion pricing is here to stay and that the arguments [Transportation] Secretary [Sean] Duffy made trying to stop it have zero merit,” the MTA’s chief of policy and external relations, John J. McCarthy, said in a statement.

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