Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Jim Brennan

Jim Brennan Wants to Get Rid of the Prospect Park West Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Apr 7, 2011 | 40 Comments

After Assembly Member James Brennan released the results of his telephone survey on the Prospect Park West bike lane last Friday, the assessment in the press was unanimous. WNYC’s Andrea Bernstein headlined her post on the poll results “They Like It. They Really Like It.” Gersh Kuntzman at The Brooklyn Paper began his story: “The […]

Jim Brennan Poll Finds 3-2 Margin of Support for PPW Redesign

By Ben Fried | Apr 1, 2011 | 22 Comments

Assembly Member Jim Brennan’s office released the results of a telephone survey on the Prospect Park West redesign this afternoon [PDF], and the topline numbers echo the results of the web survey conducted last year by Council Members Brad Lander and Steve Levin and Community Board 6. By an overall margin of 48 percent to […]

Jim Brennan, Marty Golden Aim to Slow Transit Raids

By Noah Kazis | Mar 30, 2011 | 2 Comments

Since 2009, Albany has stolen roughly $260 million dollars from dedicated transit funds in an attempt to plug the state government’s enormous deficits. Those cuts have wreaked havoc upon the MTA’s budget, precipitating major service cuts and fare hikes. Now, however, some legislators are trying to help put an end to those raids. A new […]

Jim Brennan’s Office: MTA Will Not Lose Another $170M in State Budget

By Noah Kazis | Mar 25, 2011 | 5 Comments

The MTA will not lose another $170 million in budget negotiations, according to the office of Jim Brennan, who chairs the Assembly’s authorities committee. As we reported yesterday, two open issues in budget negotiations threatened $170 million in funds for the MTA. The Senate Republicans were trying to exempt schools from the payroll mobility tax, […]

Albany Lacks Leadership on Transit as Time Runs Out on MTA Capital Funding

By Noah Kazis | Mar 1, 2011 | 2 Comments

The MTA is still staring down a $10 billion hole in its capital plan, and the consequences of that deficit continue to roll closer. Unless money is found by the end of the year, transit expansions like the Second Avenue Subway will slow down and important maintenance will be left undone. But despite the approaching […]

Jim Brennan on Bus Cam Rejection: NYC “Irrationally Expanding” Bus Lanes

By Ben Fried | Mar 26, 2010 | 16 Comments

Thanks to reader Geck for sending along this email from Brooklyn Assembly member Jim Brennan, who was replying to a question about the rejection of bus lane cameras in the Assembly’s draft budget. The district that Brennan represents doesn’t include any bus lanes, existing or proposed. That didn’t stop him from offering this excuse: There […]

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