Andrew Cuomo
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For Politicians, Congestion Pricing Is an Exercise in Delaying Gratification
For congestion pricing to work as policy and as politics, it has to be made out of strong stuff.
December 6, 2017
How to Turn Up the Pressure on Cuomo to Fix the Subways
Get a "Subway Delay Action Kit" to mobilize other riders the next time you're stuck on a crowded platform or train.
November 20, 2017
GM Should Pay By the Mile to Test Its Robocars in Manhattan
If Governor Cuomo is going to allow autonomous car prototypes to operate in real city conditions, he needs to insist on a prototype for how these vehicles will pay for access to public streets.
October 18, 2017
Tell Your Assembly Member to Get Behind Move New York Toll Reform
Assembly Democrats are meeting today to discuss their priorities for next year's legislation session, and StreetsPAC is asking New Yorkers to call their legislators and urge them to sign on to the Move NY toll reform plan.
October 17, 2017
People Are Dying Because Cuomo’s Leaderless DMV Is Failing to Regulate Dangerous Motorists
The New York State DMV, which has been without a commissioner for years, is refusing to answer questions about this week's deadly Queens bus crash.
September 20, 2017
Behold Denny Farrell’s $24 Million Greenway Bridge
In New York, who knows if you'll ever get usable greenways or reliable transit. The one thing that's certain is you'll get to use edifices named after your local political barons.
September 14, 2017
Cuomo Cares More About the New Tappan Zee Bridge Than NYC Subways and Buses
The governor has spent most of his time in office consumed with building a huge double-span highway bridge, while New York's transit system slides into catastrophic disarray.
August 24, 2017
So Far Cuomo’s Congestion Pricing “Plan” Is All Sizzle, No Steak
It's not congestion pricing if it doesn't toll the East River bridges. There are a number of impostor policies that Cuomo could try to pass off as "congestion pricing" instead.
August 21, 2017
Let’s Hear More About All the Money Cuomo Wastes on Not Fixing the Subways
De Blasio's proposal for a millionaires tax to fund transit may or may not win him some short-term political points, but it's definitely muddling the message that voters need to hear: Governor Cuomo runs the subways and should pay for fixing them.
August 7, 2017
De Blasio Should Drive a Hard Bargain With Cuomo on Transit, Not Cede to All His Demands
If you think transit riders would be well-served by de Blasio meekly going along with Cuomo's demands, look at what happened the last time the two struck a bargain on transit.
July 26, 2017