Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced Thursday that she and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will file a multi-state lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission over its recent vote to repeal net neutrality rules.

Healey, who joined Schneiderman and other attorneys general this week in urging the commission to delay consideration of the controversial rollback, said she and her colleague have decided to sue "to stand up for the free exchange of ideas and to keep the American people in control of internet access."

The Democrat condemned the the FCC's Thursday approval of a proposal that calls for repealing Obama-era standards, which subjected internet providers to Title II utility-style regulations.

She further raised concerns about the impact it could have on Americans' internet use and access.

"With today's FCC vote, Americans will pay more for the internet and will have fewer options," she said in a statement. "The agency has completely failed to justify this decision."

Schneiderman also raised concerns about the potential impacts of the FCC vote, which he called "an early Christmas gift to big telecom companies."

"We will be filing a claim to preserve protections for New Yorkers and all Americans and we'll be working aggressively to stop the FCC's leadership from doing any further damage to the internet and our economy," he said in a video posted on Twitter.

The FCC approved the controversial "Restoring Internet Freedom" proposal on a 3-to-2 vote during its open meeting Thursday.

Supporters of the proposal said it was needed to address the "heavy-handed, utility-style regulation on internet service providers" the commission imposed in 2015 -- rules which they argued led to a drop in broadband investment and stifled innovation.

Opponents, however, have raised concerns that the commission's decision could lead to internet service providers slowing down, blocking online traffic or setting up internet "fast lanes."

Healey and 17 other attorneys general penned a Wednesday letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and agency commissioners asking the panel to delay a vote on net neutrality rules following reports that fake public comments were submitted to the agency on the issue.

They pointed to the New York AG's office investigation into FCC public comments submitted on the net neutrality rollback, which found a pattern of fake submissions using the names of real people.

The attorneys general further noted that several other AG offices have also received complaints from consumers indicating distress over their names being used in such a manner, and estimated that more than 1 million fake comments may have been submitted across the U.S.

Healey joined another coalition of attorneys general earlier this year in opposing the FCC's proposal to roll back net neutrality rules in comments submitted to the agency.

The attorney general was not the only Massachsuetts lawmaker to push back against the FCC's decision.

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Massachusetts, announced Thursday that he and more than a dozen Democratic colleagues plan to file a Congressional Review Act resolution in an effort to overturn the commission's vote and fully restore net neutrality rules.

In 2015, the commission approved rules that required companies providing broadband connections to act in the "public interest" and to not use "unjust" business practices.

The rules, which classified the internet as a "telecommunications service" subject to Title II of the 1934 Communications Act -- not an "information service" -- sought to address legal ambiguity caused by previous open internet regulations that were struck down by courts, according to the Associated Press.