Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Jim Brennan

Jim Brennan: “Objective Assessment” Must Precede Prospect Park Trial

By Brad Aaron | Oct 9, 2008 | 5 Comments

Following up on other car-free parks news, last week Assembly Member Jim Brennan joined the chairs of Brooklyn Community Boards 7 and 14 in calling for an Environmental Impact Statement before any trial program to remove car traffic from Prospect Park. In this tipster-submitted constituent letter, Brennan rationalizes his position. Nothing says "fact-based public process" […]

Foes of a Car-Free Trial in Prospect Park Demand Environmental Review

By Ben Fried | Oct 2, 2008 | 32 Comments

In another case of 1970s-era environmental law being turned on its head, Brooklyn Community Boards 7 and 14 are demanding that the city conduct an environmental review before implementing a proposed, three month car-free trial in Prospect Park next summer. At a press event this morning attended by 19 people near the Park Circle entrance […]

Brennan Introduces Alternative Pricing Bill in Assembly

By Ben Fried | Apr 2, 2008 | 32 Comments

Assemblyman Jim Brennan, a Democrat from Brooklyn, has introduced a new congestion pricing bill, according to a statement released by his office. The bill contains some elements lifted from Mayor Bloomberg’s original proposal, including: Re-instating the $4 intrazonal fee Exempting drivers who cross into Manhattan below 60th Street but only drive on the periphery If […]

Congestion Pricing Bill, Take 3.

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 24, 2007 | No Comments

Liz Benjamin has the latest scoop on congestion pricing legislation in Albany: The third version of a bill dealing with congestion mitigation in the city was introduced yesterday in both houses of the state Legislature. The Assembly and Senate are scheduled to return to Albany Thursday to take up this new bill – and nothing […]

State Assembly Meeting in Manhattan to Talk Congestion Pricing

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 16, 2007 | 4 Comments

Brooklyn Assembly Member Jim Brennan (right) tells me that he sees sentiment against Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing plan running at about "three- or four-to-one against" among his colleagues. Brennan suspects that the plan may not even pass the Republican-controlled Senate. While Brennan supports congestion pricing himself, he is concerned that advocates have "over-sold the benefits […]

This is How State Senator Eric Adams Celebrates Bike Month?

By Aaron Naparstek | May 2, 2007 | 31 Comments

Sources say that first-term Brooklyn State Senator Eric Adams has delivered a lengthy letter to Department of Transportation Acting Commissioner Judith Bergtraum expressing opposition to DOT’s 9th Street traffic safety and bike lane plan. Though the Senator, a former cop, has no urban planning or traffic engineering background, he questions DOT’s assertion that its plan […]