"[We] respectfully ... take no position on the merits," the agency's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, wrote in a brief filed last Friday.
"This lawsuit is seeking to block one of the nation's most progressive climate actions, and we will not allow it to derail critical investments that the region deserves," Hochul spokesperson John Lindsay said.
"Our own attorney general refused to represent the state in this suit. The MTA isn't so lucky as to stay out of it altogether, so their neutrality makes sense due to this political mess," Rachael Fauss noted.
The MTA, of course, stands to either gain or lose $15 billion as a result of the pro-toll lawsuits brought by various environmental organizations.
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