Opinion
24-cv-367 (LJL) 23-cv-10365 (LJL)
02-02-2024
NEW YORKERS AGAINST CONGESTION PRICING TAX, DANNY BUZZETTA, DR. GREGOR WINKEL, LEE BERMAN, MEREDITH LeVANDE, RITA SUE SIEGEL, TOMMY LOEB, KATHRYN FREED, TREVER HOLLAND, RICKY YANG, PAUL ENG, BARUCH WEISS, ROBERT FRIEDRICH, KEVIN FORRESTAL, WARREN SCHREIBER, CHRISTOPHER RYAN, BEN MASON, DENNIS ROSARIO, RABBI Y.S. GINZBERG, JACOB ENGLANDER, AARON GONZALEZ, HOWARD CHIN, ELAINE LA PENNA, THOMAS ANTHONY SCARPACI, COUNCILMEMBER JOSEPH C. BORELLI, COUNCILMEMBER KRISTY MARMORATO, COUNCILMEMBER VICKIE PALADINO, COUNCILMEMBER JOANN ARIOLA, COUNCILMEMBER SUSAN ZHUANG, COUNCILMEMBER KALMAN YEGER, COUNCILMEMBER INNA VERNIKOV, COUNCILMEMBER DAVID CARR, COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT F. HOLDEN, and ASSEMBLYMEMBER DAVID WEPRIN, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, SHAILEN BHATT, in his official capacity as Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, RICHARD J. MARQUIS, in his official capacity as Division Administrator of the New York Division of the Federal Highway Administration, METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION and TRAFFIC MOBILITY REVIEW BOARD, Defendants. ELIZABETH CHAN, TAMARA HOFFMAN, and DOES: 1 through 200, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, SHAILEN BHATT, in his official: capacity as Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, RICHARD J. MARQUIS, in his official: capacity as Division Administrator of the New York: Division of the Federal Highway Administration, LISA: GARCIA, in her official capacity, STEPHEN: GOODMAN, in his official capacity, ALLISON L.C. DE: CERRENO Ph.D., in her official capacity, NICHOLAS: A. CHOUBAH, P.E., in his official capacity, WILLIAM J. CARRY, in his official capacity, and DOES 1 through 10. Defendants
ORDER
LEWIS J. LIMAN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE:
The Court will hold a conference in the above-captioned cases on February 12, 2024, at 10:00 A.M in Courtroom 15C, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007. At the conference, the parties should be prepared to discuss: (1) contemplated next steps in the litigation, including the timing for any filing of the certified administrative record and motions; (2) whether any discovery is necessary in the case; (3) whether the parties are amenable to a settlement conference at this stage in the litigation; and (4) whether the parties are amenable to a global settlement conference at this stage in the litigation. A global settlement conference would potentially include the parties in these cases as well as the parties in the cases styled State of New Jersey v. United States Department of Transportation, No. 23-cv-3885 (D.N.J.); Sokolich v. United States Department of Transportation, No. 23-cv-21728 (D.N.J.); and Mulgrew v. United States Department of Transportation, 24-cv-81 (E.D.N.Y.).
SO ORDERED.