The caucus would use federal legislation, congressional oversight and the threat of lawsuits to stop the city's plans to put congestion pricing in place, Gottheimer and Malliotakis said.
They are demanding a full environmental impact study on how the plan would affect neighborhoods outside of Manhattan.
It's expected to raise at least a billion dollars every year, revenue the MTA is counting on to maintain and upgrade the transit system.
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