Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Carl Kruger

Caption Contest: Re-name This Foursome

By Ben Fried | Mar 17, 2009 | 47 Comments

Hat tip to Liz Benjamin at the Daily Politics for this snapshot of four state senators who’ve helped concoct a stopgap, toll-less MTA funding plan that does nothing to address the imminent decline of New York’s transit system. Lest they be accused of completely shortchanging the future, they say maintenance and expansion can be taken […]

Kruger: MTA Funding Plan Will Be “So Outside the Box.”

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 16, 2009 | 27 Comments

Liz Benjamin at Daily Politics and Jimmy Vielkind at Politicker have some updates on the MTA funding discussions in Albany. When asked about the MTA situation today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Carl Kruger told Liz that his opposition to tolls on the East and Harlem River bridges has not softened but a new plan is […]

Gene Russianoff on What’s Next for MTA Rescue

By Ben Fried | Mar 11, 2009 | 2 Comments

The headlines this morning were sobering for everyone who depends on New York City’s transit system. Half-baked alternatives to the Ravitch plan are popping up left and right as bridge toll opponents dig in their heels, despite the whopping service cuts and fare hikes that loom for their constituents. With Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith […]

MTA Rescue Alert: Tell Electeds What You Oppose

By Brad Aaron | Mar 6, 2009 | 11 Comments

In response to the possible sinking of the MTA rescue plan by three recalcitrant state senators, the Campaign for New York’s Future has set up an action alert enabling members of the public to contact their representatives directly via e-mail. The message, which may be tailored before sending, reads in part: I am very concerned […]

Kruger, Espada, and Diaz Leave MTA Rescue on Life Support

By Ben Fried | Mar 5, 2009 | 26 Comments

The three city reps who nearly derailed the Democratic takeover of the State Senate have issued a joint statement declaring — transit riders be damned — they’re not going to support bridge tolls. Liz Benjamin at the Daily Politics has the story: The Three Amigos — Sens. Carl Kruger, Pedro Espada Jr. and Ruben Diaz […]

Senate Dems Denounce Bridge Tolls as Doomsday Draws Closer

By Brad Aaron | Feb 26, 2009 | 19 Comments

Take it to the bank: 67 percent of households in Ruben Diaz, Sr.’s Bronx district are car-free. While the looming MTA doomsday scenario is desperate enough that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has put forward a proposal to charge drivers roughly the same as transit riders to cross East and Harlem River bridges, Democrats over in […]