Dive summary:

• Yes, a non-profit organization that tries to foster growth in the New York area says it will pay a special levy to support transit, even though it is exempt and a judge tossed out the tax itself in August, because transit is too important not to support.
• The New York State Legislature approved the "mobility tax" in 2009, when the Metropolitan Transportation Authority was staring into a budget deficit. It covered the city and several area counties.
• The judge said the Legislature muffed the details for the tax law, which covered some employers at the rate of 34 cents per $100 of payroll and from which the non-profit Congress was later exempted as a non-profit.

From the article:

"The least we can do is voluntarily pay the tax, and we’re encouraging others that were exempted to pay the tax as well."