Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about David Weprin

Dueling Videos: Weprin and McCaffrey vs. New York’s Future

By Brad Aaron | Apr 7, 2008 | No Comments

Azi Paybarah at the Politicker shot this video of Queens City Council Member David Weprin’s anti-pricing rally yesterday. Sharing the podium with Weprin is Walter McCaffrey of Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free. Can you count the distortions relayed in this nine minute reel? After the jump, Azi gets a response from Michael O’Loughlin of the […]

“Thums” Down and Zero Unispheres for Queens Pricing Supporters

By Brad Aaron | Mar 31, 2008 | 5 Comments

Oppose congestion pricing and all this could be yours If Tony Avella and David Weprin and other Queens City Council members succeed in killing congestion pricing, at least Queens residents who lose out on transit improvements could take comfort in knowing that their representatives will have escaped the wrath of the Queens Civic Congress. Check […]

What Western Queens Stands to Lose Without Congestion Pricing

By Brad Aaron | Mar 31, 2008 | 5 Comments

Queens residents crash Friday’s anti-pricing rally We’ve received several reports that Friday’s anti-pricing rally on the Queens side of the 59th Street Bridge, spearheaded by City Council Member Tony Avella, was a bust. According to our sources, of the council members slated to attend — Avella, Leroy Comrie, Melinda Katz, David Weprin "and other possible […]

Queens Pols Rally to Keep Using Gioia’s District as Their Doormat

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 27, 2008 | 12 Comments

Tony Avella, Leroy Comrie, Melinda Katz, David Weprin "and other possible members of the Queens Delegation" are holding an anti-congestion pricing rally tomorrow morning at 8:00 on the Queens side of the 59th Street Bridge, according to an e-mail from the Queens Civic Congress. Notably, Eric Gioia (right), who represents the traffic-burdened district where the […]

Charting a Course for Pricing Through City Council

By Ben Fried | Mar 7, 2008 | 36 Comments

Crain’s Insider has the most detailed look yet at the odds that the City Council will pass a congestion pricing bill [PDF]. The good news is that pricing stands a decent chance of getting through committee, thanks in part to some maneuvering by Speaker Christine Quinn. As things progress, expect to hear more about uncommitted […]

New Congestion Pricing Plan, Same Jeffrey Dinowitz

By Brad Aaron | Feb 8, 2008 | 10 Comments

The recommendation of a modified congestion pricing plan put forth last week by the Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission has elicited another editorial from Bronx Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz. Tellingly, the piece, from this week’s Riverdale Press, starts off with talking points that fellow Assembly Member Richard Brodsky and "Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free" spokesman Walter […]

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