Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Jeffrey Dinowitz

Congestion Pricing Q&A With Rohit Aggarwala, Part 1

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 17, 2007 | 27 Comments

Too many unanswered questions. Among New York State Assembly Democrats, that has been one of the most frequent criticisms of Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal for a three-year congestion pricing pilot project in New York City. Last month, Lower Manhattan Assembly member Deborah Glick said that she and her colleagues were “confronted with a dearth of information […]

Useful Idiots

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 11, 2007 | 29 Comments

I’m not sure I’ll ever understand how Richard Lipsky of the Neighborhood Retail Alliance figures he’s helping "mom and pop" business by defending the increasingly miserable, congested, automobile-dominated status quo of New York City streets but I do enjoy his Mom and Pop blog. He is an entertaining writer, an experienced political player, and a […]

Nasty, Personal, Elitist and Not a Bronxite

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 10, 2007 | 25 Comments

PlaNYC identifies North Riverdale, a neighborhood represented by Bronx Assembly member Jeffrey Dinowitz, as one of 22 New York City neighborhoods with a higher than average concentration of Manhattan-bound drivers. (Download the transportation section, page 86) Bronx Assembly member Jeffrey Dinowitz wasn’t happy with Streetsblog’s presentation of his Riverdale Press editorial against congestion pricing last […]

On Behalf of 5.2% of His Constituents, Dinowitz Opposes Pricing

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 6, 2007 | 54 Comments

The16% of Bronx residents who own cars tend to have significantly higher incomes than those who do not, according to data from the State Department of Motor Vehicles and the 2000 Census. In an editorial in this week’s Riverdale Press, Bronx Assembly member Jeffrey Dinowitz says that if the vote on Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing […]