Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

Brennan Introduces Alternative Pricing Bill in Assembly

By Ben Fried | Apr 2, 2008 | 32 Comments

Assemblyman Jim Brennan, a Democrat from Brooklyn, has introduced a new congestion pricing bill, according to a statement released by his office. The bill contains some elements lifted from Mayor Bloomberg’s original proposal, including: Re-instating the $4 intrazonal fee Exempting drivers who cross into Manhattan below 60th Street but only drive on the periphery If […]

Brodsky Presents Dems With a Choice: God’s Love or Al D’Amato

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 2, 2008 | 21 Comments

Richard Brodsky is using this letter to rally opposition to congestion pricing. To get a sense of the issues that congestion pricing advocates will have to address in the State Assembly, download this letter that Westchester Assemblyman Richard Brodsky circulated to his fellow Democrats yesterday. In it, Brodsky repeats the debunked claim that congestion pricing […]

Corzine Ratchets Up Interstate Bickering

By Ben Fried | Apr 2, 2008 | 13 Comments

For months, New York legislators have insisted that New Jersey drivers pay a bigger chunk of the congestion fee than the pricing plan called for. Now that the pricing bill includes such a provision (which still doesn’t satisfy Speaker Silver), New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine is crying foul. The amendment he objects to stipulates that […]

Brooklyn Assemblyman “Protects Families” From Pricing

By Ben Fried | Apr 2, 2008 | 46 Comments

Richard Brodsky may have lost on Monday, but today his colleagues in Albany are parroting his talking points. A tipster sent us this constituent letter from Assemblyman William Colton, who represents Midwood, Bensonhurst and Gravesend in Brooklyn. Incidentally, a glance at this morning’s map reveals that the City Council members who represent those neighborhoods, Simcha […]

We Win!!!… a Trip to Albany?

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 2, 2008 | 9 Comments

This morning’s Crain’s Insider names Streetsblog one of the winners of Monday’s congestion pricing vote in City Council. While we’re honored, no one around here is spiking the ball or dancing in the end zone until New York’s famously dysfunctional state legislature is done doing whatever it is they’re going to do to the plan. […]

The City Council Vote in Two Dimensions

By Ben Fried | Apr 2, 2008 | 19 Comments

This map depicting Monday’s City Council vote comes to us courtesy of Justin Kray at the Pratt Center for Community Development. You can use the City Council website to identify who represents which district. And here’s some good data to go along with the map: car commute rates for every district. Bill de Blasio’s Brooklyn […]

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