Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Elliot Spitzer

Congestion Pricing: Here’s the Deal

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 19, 2007 | 51 Comments

Below is a summary of the congestion pricing deal struck this afternoon by Governor Spitzer, Mayor Bloomberg, Assembly Speaker Silver and Senate Leader Bruno. The 17 member congestion pricing commission is made up as follows: 3 appointees — Mayor 3 appointees — Governor 3 appointees — City Council 3 appointees — State Senate majority leader […]

Some Sort of Congestion Pricing Deal is Done

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 19, 2007 | 11 Comments

According to NY1, Governor Spitzer just announced "that the state has given the city the green light to proceed with the plan, but he stressed that no agreement has been reached on tolls." NY1 reports, "The agreement creates a commission of representatives from the mayor’s office and the governor’s office, City Council members, and State […]

It’s Alive. It’s Dead. It’s Three Men in a Room!

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 11, 2007 | 10 Comments

Erik Engquist at Crain’s says a potential deal is in the works that would nix Gov. Spitzer’s call for campaign finance reform and give Albany legislators a long-sought pay raise in return for congestion pricing approval. An Assembly Member that I spoke with this morning, however, says that congestion pricing is totally dead or, as […]

Congestion Pricing Plan Advancing Rapidly

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 7, 2007 | 6 Comments

Sewell Chan at the New York Times’ Empire Zone has more on this morning’s meeting between Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Spitzer and US Dept. of Transportation secretary Mary Peters: Mr. Spitzer said at a news conference this morning, "There will always be some congestion and the good news is there is economic growth and there’s vitality […]

Spitzer Backs Congestion Pricing

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 7, 2007 | 7 Comments

Is Mayor Bloomberg actually going to pull this off? Governor Eliot Spitzer came out in favor of congestion pricing this morning. Elizabeth Benjamin at the Daily News reports: Standing with Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Gov. Eliot Spitzer this morning said he is "in favor of embracing a congestion pricing model" at a press conference where U.S. […]

Bloomberg Upbeat, Media Less So, Ahead of PlaNYC Hearings

By Brad Aaron | Jun 5, 2007 | 2 Comments

With a scant few weeks left in the session, the state Assembly has scheduled the first of six hearings on PlaNYC — including, of course, congestion pricing — for Friday at 10 a.m. in the auditorium of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, at 42 West 44th Street. The Daily […]

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