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Paul Newell on Congestion Pricing and Reforming Albany
This is the second installment of Streetsblog's interview with Paul Newell, candidate for State Assembly in the 64th District, who's challenging Speaker Sheldon Silver in the Democratic primary this September. In this segment, Newell addresses some of the issues that are fresh in the minds of everyone who followed the death of congestion pricing in Albany without a vote earlier this month. The first part of the interview, about running for office in New York, ran yesterday.
April 30, 2008
Help Wanted: Legislators Needed to Fix Broken Capital
Can't wait for someone to challenge Shelly Silver, Deborah Glick, Hakeem Jeffries, Joan Millman and other members of the Albany crew that didn't allow congestion pricing to even come up for a vote? Neither can the New York Times.
April 14, 2008
Senate Moves Toward Pricing Vote
Liz Benjamin at the Daily Politics is reporting that Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno will call a floor vote on congestion pricing today:
April 7, 2008
Queens Pricing Opponents Push a Fantasy Commuter Tax
Last week the Queens Civic Congress held an "MTA Capital Plan Forum," where members peddled their commuter tax revival plan to transit chief Elliot "Lee" Sander as an alternative to congestion pricing, which Sander says is vital to the future of his agency.
February 14, 2008
New Spin: Save the Mayor’s Congestion Plan by Modifying It
Congestion Mitigation Commission chairman Marc Shaw has a big job ahead of him.
December 17, 2007
Bruno: “The people who travel around are taxed enough.”
Up to now, State Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno has been a supporter of Mayor Bloomberg's proposal for a congestion pricing pilot project. There is no reason to believe that has changed. Yet, he strikes a slightly ominous note in today's Daily News article on the proposed MTA fare hike.
October 29, 2007
August 1: The Mayor Shall Submit the Traffic Mitigation Plan
A couple of weeks ago Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Spitzer, Senate Leader Bruno and Assembly Speaker Silver agreed to a process that would lead to the formation of a 17-member commission that would evaluate and decide on New York City's congestion pricing proposal.
August 1, 2007
Congestion Pricing: Here’s the Deal
Below is a summary of the congestion pricing deal struck this afternoon by Governor Spitzer, Mayor Bloomberg, Assembly Speaker Silver and Senate Leader Bruno.
July 19, 2007