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Tuesday’s Headlines: Remembering Richard Ravitch Edition
New York lost a civic titan over the weekend. Plus other news.
June 27, 2023
Ravitch: The Next Mayor Must Get Serious About Congestion Pricing
The next mayor will have to take the lead on transportation funding challenges that, while difficult to address in campaign speeches, are critical to the city's future, former lieutenant governor and MTA chairman Richard Ravitch said today at a Fordham University infrastructure forum.
March 5, 2013
Ravitch: Big Business, Cuomo Have Failed to Lead on Transportation
New York's infrastructure is dangerously underfunded and threatening to cripple the region's economy, warned former lieutenant governor and MTA chairman Richard Ravitch in a speech on Thursday.
January 13, 2012
Ravitch: Tolls on Every Major Road Needed, Just to Keep Transpo Afloat
Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch opens his new report on transportation funding in his characteristically blunt fashion:
November 18, 2010
Albany Chaos Open Thread
With Governor Paterson's political career flaming out in spectacular fashion, speculation is rampant that he might step down any day, thrusting Richard Ravitch into New York state's executive office.
February 26, 2010
Highlights from Today’s RPA Regional Assembly
The ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria is packed right now for the RPA's 2009 Regional Assembly, where Richard Ravitch just accepted a lifetime achievement honor. Many luminaries from the worlds of transportation, planning, and politics are here, and I've got a few minutes to post some interesting exchanges from earlier in the day, so here goes.
April 17, 2009
Under Sander, How “Bloated and Wasteful” Is the MTA?
A Monday editorial from Crain's questioned the wisdom of sacrificing MTA head Lee Sander as part of any transit rescue plan, as rumors swirl that Governor David Paterson wants Marc Shaw to return to the agency's top spot.
April 1, 2009
Doomsday News: MTA Votes, Paterson Plays Chicken, Monserrate Indicted
The MTA's doomsday scenario came closer to fruition today, as agency board members took a step toward implementing planned fare hikes and service reductions while state lawmakers appeared mired in stalemate. Here are a few tidbits.
March 23, 2009
The State Senate’s MTA Financing Plan Doesn’t Add Up
Here's one little problem with the Kruger, Diaz, Espada, Monserrate MTA financing plan: They got the math wrong.
March 17, 2009
Blame Game Continues: Smith Swipes at MTA, Monserrate Goes Anti-Toll
There's MTA rescue news today from the State Senate, and none of it good.
March 12, 2009