Judge denies Rockland County’s preliminary injunction for congestion pricing

Rockland County officials “are deeply disappointed” by the court’s decision on Monday to deny Rockland County’s request for a preliminary injunction in the county’s lawsuit against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s congestion pricing plan.”

In a joint statement, County Executive Ed Day and County Attorney Thomas Humbach said the ruling may be a setback, but “it is far from the end of our fight to protect Rockland County residents and commuters from this unjust and discriminatory tolling scheme.”

They said the decision not to grant a preliminary in- junction “is just one step in a longer process, and we will exhaust every legal option available to challenge this in- cluding the possibility of an appeal,” the officials said.

Congestion pricing in Manhattan is set to go into effect in January.