Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Dick Gottfried

Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez at a rally to support Sammy's Law last month. Photo: Transportation Alternatives

With ‘Sammy’s Law’ Not in the State Budget, It’s Up to the City Council to Push It

By Julianne Cuba | May 1, 2023 | No Comments

Life-saving legislation that would allow New York City to set speed limits below 25 miles per hour failed to make it into this year's state budget, legislative leaders said — effectively kicking responsibility to the City Council.

Hell's Kitchen Council Member wants MTA to make good on its promise to build a 7 train station on 10th Avenue and 41st Street. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Pols and Advocates: Build the Promised 7 Train Station in Hells Kitchen

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 10, 2022 | No Comments

Nearly 20 years later, pols and advocates say it’s time to finally make good on what was promised.

The Blame Game: City Pols Didn’t Back Bill Allowing NYC to Control its Own Speed Limits, State Lawmakers Say

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 7, 2022 | No Comments

The legislative session in Albany just ended, but the finger pointing has only gotten started.

Mayor Adams in Albany on Tuesday. Photo: Julianne Cuba

ALBANY NOTEBOOK: Mayor Treks Upstate, But Speed Cameras are Still at Risk of Expiring

By Julianne Cuba | May 18, 2022 | No Comments

Mayor Adams made another trip up to Albany on Tuesday, but barely, if at all, pushed legislators to support a bill that would renew and expand speed cameras — a self-proclaimed priority of his own administration.

Assembly Member Richard Gottfried. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Thomas Altfather Good

Assembly Member Dick Gottfried Supports “the Concept” of Congestion Pricing

By David Meyer | Feb 2, 2018 | 7 Comments

Assembly Member Richard Gottfried believes in congestion pricing, in theory. The question now, as it was ten years ago, is how hard he'll work to enact a policy that would benefit his constituents enormously.

13 State and City Elected Officials Sign On to Move NY Toll Reform

By Stephen Miller | Apr 22, 2015 | 2 Comments

The trickle of elected officials endorsing toll reform is starting to become more of a steady stream, and a look at who belongs to the coalition suggests that the politics of the Move NY plan are indeed different than the politics of congestion pricing. More than a dozen state and city elected officials announced today that they […]

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