Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about City Council

Pricing Round Up: Sticking Points, Horse Trading, Hearings

By Ben Fried | Mar 21, 2008 | 3 Comments

The congestion pricing deadline is little more than a week (or two) away, and news is coming fast and furious about the last wave of legislative wrangling. Two reports published in the last 16 hours give a sense of how compromises may be hashed out to gain passage for the measure. First, the Daily Politics […]

Pricing Bill Appears in Albany; Bloomberg and Paterson Meet

By Brad Aaron | Mar 19, 2008 | 3 Comments

From The Daily Politics: While members of the City Council haven’t seen it, a congestion pricing bill drafted by the Bloomberg administration has popped up in Albany over the last 24 hours, although it does not yet have a sponsor and hasn’t been introduced. Here is a PDF of the 41-page bill (caution: it’s a […]

Pricing Advocates Hear Excuses from Queens State Senator

By Brad Aaron | Mar 18, 2008 | 8 Comments

Michael O’Loughlin of the Campaign for New York’s Future leads the congestion pricing rally on the capitol steps. Streetsblog’s Brad Aaron files this report from Albany. A contingent of about 80 New Yorkers is in Albany today to advocate for congestion pricing. Following a brief rally on the capitol steps this morning, led by the […]

It’s No Accident: Bike-Ped Safety Bill Clears Council

By Brad Aaron | Mar 14, 2008 | 9 Comments

Though it was buried by another story, the City Council made news this week by passing legislation that will require identification and inspections of dangerous locations for pedestrians and cyclists, and action to correct hazardous conditions. The bill, carried on the strength of an unanimous vote, mandates the city Department of Transportation to annually […]

Details of the Mayor’s Residential Parking Permit Proposal

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 12, 2008 | 53 Comments

Potential residential parking permit stickers, curbside regulations, and David Yassky. Here are some more details about the residential parking permit program proposed today by Mayor Bloomberg and DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan: A residential parking permit (RPP) plan will be included in the congestion pricing legislation that will be introduced in the City Council and State […]

Gerson: Proposed Pricing Plan Misses the Mark

By Brad Aaron | Mar 11, 2008 | 33 Comments

Council Member Alan Gerson says the congestion pricing plan ignores the car-choked Canal Street corridor Yesterday we noted that District 1 City Council Member Alan Gerson was the only Manhattan representative to indicate that he would vote against the congestion pricing plan in its current form, according to an "unofficial roll call" conducted by the […]

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