Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Kathryn Wylde

Congestion Panel Considers Shrinking Zone and Tolling Bridges

By Brad Aaron | Dec 3, 2007 | 7 Comments

The Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission wants to reduce the size of the proposed congestion pricing zone, replace cameras with higher parking fees, and possibly toll the East River bridges, according to a (subscription only) story by Erik Engquist in Crain’s New York Business today. A few of the steps under consideration: moving the northern boundary […]

Who is Richard Brodsky?

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 18, 2007 | 14 Comments

Matthew Schuerman offers up a brief but insightful profile of Westchester Assembly member Richard Brodsky in this week’s Observer. Who is the man who holds the keys to the future of New York City transportation policy? First of all, like many on the government payroll, he’s got his own ideas about parking policy: Already late […]

“Not Getting Anywhere” at Bronx Pricing Forum

By Brad Aaron | Oct 12, 2007 | 5 Comments

And we thought Bloomberg had a tough crowd… Filed by Megan Chuchmach: Parking at the Riverdale Temple in the Bronx was at a premium Thursday night, with cars lining Independence Avenue in front and packing the lot out back. Inside, the owners of those cars, for the most part, raised a stink about Mayor Bloomberg’s […]

Bronx Traffic Relief Forum Tonight, 7:30pm, Riverdale Temple

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 11, 2007 | 2 Comments

Bronx Assembly member Jeffrey Dinowitz is hosting a forum tonight on Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing plan. Speaking in favor of congestion pricing will be Kathryn Wylde, President and CEO of the Partnership for New York City. Speaking in opposition to congestion pricing will be Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities […]

Pricing Panel Appointees Announced

By Brad Aaron | Aug 21, 2007 | 30 Comments

From NYC.gov. Bios of the members after the jump. Mayor Michael Bloomberg today joined Governor Eliot Spitzer, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith, Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco, and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn to announce appointments to the New York City Traffic Mitigation Congestion Commission established […]

Wylde v. Brodsky on WNBC News Show

By Brad Aaron | Aug 20, 2007 | 6 Comments

Yesterday on WNBC’s "News Forum," Kathryn Wylde, president and CEO of the Partnership for New York City and congestion pricing panel appointee, went head-to-head with anti-pricing Assemblyman Richard Brodsky. While Brodsky once again recited the "tax on the working man" même chapter and verse, he failed, once again, to articulate an alternative plan to raise […]

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