Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Hakeem Jeffries

Jeffries Declines to Field Questions at G Train Rally

By Ben Fried | | 5 Comments
The Observer reports from last night’s G Train rally, organized by Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries: Almost 100 G riders kicked off a month-long campaign to increase service on the "forgotten stepchild" of the New York subway system, as Mr. Jeffries and others have called it. "It’s important to increase the intensity of the public campaign," Mr. […]

Hakeem Jeffries Responds to Congestion Pricing Critics

By Streetsblog | | 34 Comments
From today’s Crain’s Insider: Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, who is holding a rally this evening for better G train service, is drawing fire from transit advocates because of his opposition to congestion pricing. Streetsblog commenters plan to confront him at the rally. "Simply because one did not support the mayor’s version of congestion pricing does not […]

Will the Real Transit Advocates Please Stand Up?

By Ben Fried | | 57 Comments
This Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., Hakeem Jeffries, staunch opponent of congestion pricing, will stand on the steps of the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Fort Greene and call for increased service on the G train. As Streetsblog noted last week, this move reeks of cynical pandering from someone who had ample opportunity to stand up […]

Revenge of the Free Riders

By Aaron Naparstek | | 21 Comments
From Transportation Alternatives’ Spring 2008 magazine: The biggest hurdle congestion pricing faced was the simple fact that the people required to enact the legislation were the ones who stood to pay the most because of it. On Monday, April 7, Sheldon Silver walked out of a closed door meeting of State Assembly Democrats and announced […]

One More Chance to Support Pricing: Call Your Reps Today!

By Ben Fried | | 6 Comments
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Congestion pricing is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to enact progressive transportation policy for New York City. With the midnight deadline to receive $354 million in federal aid approaching in a matter of hours, now is the last chance to call your representatives in Albany to express your […]
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