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Promising Aid, Lawmakers Ask MTA Not to Raise Fares
Following weeks of relative silence on the issue, state legislators have written a letter to the MTA asking it to postpone a planned fare hike in order to give Albany time to work up a funding increase.
October 17, 2007
“Not Getting Anywhere” at Bronx Pricing Forum
And we thought Bloomberg had a tough crowd...
October 12, 2007
Bronx Traffic Relief Forum Tonight, 7:30pm, Riverdale Temple
Bronx Assembly member Jeffrey Dinowitz is hosting a forum tonight on Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan. Speaking in favor of congestion pricing will be Kathryn Wylde, President and CEO of the Partnership for New York City. Speaking in opposition to congestion pricing will be Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions. Both are members of the 17-person Congestion Mitigation Commission.
October 11, 2007
MTA Says it Needs More Money for Congestion Pricing
The deal that produced the 17-member Congestion Mitigation Commission mandated the MTA to "submit comments on the Mayor's [congestion pricing] plan" by October 1, 2007. In these comments, the MTA was instructed to provide the Commission with three items:
October 8, 2007
Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission Opens for Business
Westchester Assembly member Richard Brodsky on Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing proposal: "My problem is that I don't understand what you've proposed."
September 26, 2007
Pricing Panel Appointees Announced
From NYC.gov. Bios of the members after the jump.
August 21, 2007
Wylde v. Brodsky on WNBC News Show
Yesterday on WNBC's "News Forum," Kathryn Wylde, president and CEO of the Partnership for New York City and congestion pricing panel appointee, went head-to-head with anti-pricing Assemblyman Richard Brodsky. While Brodsky once again recited the "tax on the working man" même chapter and verse, he failed, once again, to articulate an alternative plan to raise the money everyone agrees is necessary to shore up mass transit.
August 20, 2007
Who Better Represented “the Little Guy” in the Pricing Debate?
New York State Assembly Members Jose Rivera, Richard Brodsky and Adriano Espaillat
July 18, 2007
Brodsky Killed Congestion Pricing But We Hurt His Feelings
State Assembly Member Richard Brodsky is displeased by the suggestion that his opposition to New York City's congestion pricing plan had anything to do with the fact that he has accepted more money from parking industry interests than any other State Assembly Member and that his district houses the wealthiest Manhattan car commuters in New York State.
July 17, 2007
Details of Proposed Bus Service Expansion
The other day I noted that one of the most destructive pieces of misinformation floating around the New York State Assembly is this line from Assembly Member Richard Brodsky's congestion pricing report:
July 12, 2007