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Power Outage: Schumer, Heastie Won’t Fight Hochul’s Congestion Pricing ‘Pause’
Chuck Schumer and Carl Heastie are two of the most powerful politicians in New York — but don't expect them to fight for congestion pricing, even though they support it.
June 25, 2024
One Year Later, Delivery Workers Are Still Waiting for Their Charging Hubs
More than a year — and a dozen-plus fatal fires — since the city announced charging stations for delivery workers, the hubs aren't ready,
November 21, 2023
Friday’s Headlines: Gateway Tunnel Funding Edition
New York's own Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the news at a press conference — plus other news.
July 7, 2023
Schumer: NYS Will Get ‘An Effing Lot Of Money’ For Street Safety And Cycling
New York is about to get so much money for safe streets from the federal government that our leaders are almost swearing in amazement.
November 24, 2021
OPINION: Pass the Bicycle Commuter Act — Now!
September 20, 2021
Democrats Can’t Fight Trump and Make a Deal on Infrastructure at the Same Time
Chuck Schumer says he will "claw, scrap, and fight with every fiber of my being" to overturn Donald Trump's executive order preventing refugees and residents of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the country. If that's the case, Schumer should abandon his strategy of dealmaking with Trump on a big infrastructure bill.
January 30, 2017
Senate Dems Put Out Their Own Trillion Dollar Infrastructure Plan
Senate Democrats have an infrastructure "blueprint" of their own, one that's weighted toward transit. The trouble is that Democrats have little power to set terms, and getting drawn into negotiations over an unnecessary infrastructure bill may not play out to their advantage.
January 24, 2017
Steve Bannon Would Love to Team Up With Chuck Schumer on Infrastructure
Democrats like Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi are making a grave mistake when they line up to help Trump implement his infrastructure plan.
November 21, 2016
Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi Are Falling for Infrastructure Propaganda
We're going to see a lot of stories about Donald Trump and infrastructure in the next few months, and this reporting will be heavily influenced by a message that has been honed and perfected by the American Society of Civil Engineers. It will be important to see through these arguments and view the Trump infrastructure plan with clear eyes.
November 17, 2016
Can You Believe a Few People Are Still Suing to Rip Out This Bike Lane?
It was just about five years ago that attorneys with the law firm Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, working pro bono on behalf of some people with ties to Senator Chuck Schumer, filed suit against the city for installing the Prospect Park West bike lane. In August 2011, Kings County Supreme Court Judge Bert Bunyan dismissed the suit, but not before bike lane opponents battered DOT and its bike program in the press for several months through various surrogates.
February 25, 2016