The MTA has filed for a preliminary injunction to prevent Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy from coercively using federal funding threats to halt the congestion pricing program. The MTA argues that Duffy's threats are unlawful and designed to avoid judicial scrutiny. They emphasize that complying with such threats could significantly harm public transit funding, potentially costing about $50 million monthly. The MTA asserts that Duffy's actions are indicative of a problematic pattern of leveraging federal funding as a means of coercion, rather than engaging in legitimate legal processes.
"The Administration has now resorted to what seems to be its modus operandi: attempting to improperly leverage federal funding in order to coerce compliance with its wishes..."
"If Duffy were to make good on his 'coercive' threats to withhold all sorts of federal transportation funding to the state, it would have immediate and harmful implications."
"The threatened measures will undeniably cause irreparable harm; that is the point: Defendants acknowledge that they seek to coerce compliance with their lawless demands..."
"Capitulating to Defendants' demands would be just as devastating, citing the loss of roughly $50 million in monthly revenue to support public transit."
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