Sahalie Donaldson and Annie McDonough at CityAndStateNY.com report New York City’s largest Teachers’ Union is joining forces with the Staten Island Borough President to file a Federal lawsuit seeking to block the upcoming implementation of congestion pricing in Manhattan, arguing that rerouted traffic - a possible side effect of the plan - could worsen asthma rates in school districts that are already high.  “This city as far as I’m concerned is always about the children and the schools and the communities that we serve,” United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew said at a joint press conference held with Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella. “We are not going to sit by and allow more pollution to be put on children that we know are already suffering.”

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