New York City has filed an amicus brief with 27 other local governments and mayors in support of the petitioners in the case against the Federal Communications Commission order ending net neutrality.

The brief led by Zachary Carter, corporation counsel for the New York City law department, was filed Monday Aug. 27 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the petition for review titled Mozilla Corp. et al vs. Federal Communications Commission and the United States of America 18-1051(L) and consolidated cases. The FCC order ending the Obama-era regulation requiring all internet traffic to be treated equally took effect in June. The cities' brief in the petition asks the court to vacate the preemption provision of the FCC order. Oral arguments are not yet scheduled in the case.

Here's the full brief:

Other cities signing onto the brief include Ithaca, Syracuse and Buffalo, N.Y., as well as Alexandria, Virginia; Baltimore; Boston; Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles; Newark, New Jersey; Chicago; Cook County, Illinois; Houston; Princeton, New Jersey; Oakland, California; San Jose, California; Seattle; Portland, Oregon and Tallahassee, Florida, among others.

Zachary Carter

“This new FCC order improperly allows internet service providers to become gatekeepers of web-based municipal communications that amici cities increasingly rely on to provide core government services,” Carter said in a statement. “This policy is not just misguided and harmful, but unlawful. Congress has not authorized the FCC to give private companies license to impair cities' ability to serve their residents reliably and promptly in the internet age.”