Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Leroy Comrie

Assembly Member Robert Carroll (left), Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine (center) and State Senator Andrew Gounardes (right) at a rally for congestion pricing on Thursday. Photo: Dave Colon

Everyone’s Suddenly Open To Some Congestion Pricing Exemptions

By Dave Colon | Aug 26, 2022 | No Comments

According to the recently-released environmental assessment, the more wholesale exemptions or upstream toll credits that are doled out to certain classes of drivers, the more everyone else will shell out. But "no exemption" hardliners are hard to find right now.

The governor has apparently killed her predecessor's pet project, the "wrong way" LaGuardia AirTrain. Graphic: Streetsblog photo composite

Hochul Calls for ‘Alternatives’ to LaGuardia AirTrain — Possibly Dooming Cuomo’s Boondoggle

By Eve Kessler | Oct 4, 2021 | No Comments

"I have asked the Port Authority to thoroughly examine alternative mass transit solutions for reducing car traffic and increasing connectivity to LaGuardia Airport," Hochul said about the 1.5-mile, elevated people mover.

Jamaica Avenue, where the city in moving ahead with long-delayed plans to install a busway. File photo: Adam Light

DOT (Finally) Moves Forward With Jamaica Busway, Announced in Mid-2020

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 30, 2021 | No Comments

The city has started installing a pair of long-delayed parallel busways in Downtown Jamaica, despite local pols’ objections that the agency is simultaneously doing too much and too little to help the neighborhood.

Albany is close than ever to passing congestion pricing. Photo: Office of Governor Andrew Cuomo

Has Congestion Pricing’s Moment Finally Arrived in Albany?

By David Meyer | Mar 11, 2019 | 10 Comments

Legislators realize they have to come up with money for transit — or else face the wrath of their constituents.

Eastern Queens Electeds Want Bus Lanes. Will DOT Deliver?

By Stephen Miller | Feb 19, 2015 | 29 Comments

Council Member Rory Lancman and Assembly Member Michael Simanowitz have taken up the cause of opposing bus lanes for Select Bus Service in their eastern Queens districts. While the pair has gotten a lot of attention, they are outnumbered by almost a dozen city, state, and federal elected officials along the route urging the city to […]

Koo Will Try Override After Bloomberg Vetoes NYPD Hit-and-Run Bill

By Brad Aaron | Jan 7, 2014 | 1 Comment

As one of his last acts in office, Mayor Michael Bloomberg vetoed a bill that would have required NYPD to report to the City Council and the public on hit-and-run crashes. With lead sponsor Leroy Comrie also gone from City Hall, Council Member Peter Koo plans to marshal an effort to override the veto. Intro […]

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