Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Micah Kellner

Kellner to Ravitch: Don’t Bother Proposing East River Bridge Tolls

By Brad Aaron | Dec 2, 2008 | 4 Comments

Add Micah Kellner’s name to the MTA doomsday scorecard. Yesterday, the Upper East Side Assembly member came out in favor of increasing license and registration fees for New York drivers as a transit revenue booster. Under the Kellner plan, which originated with the non-profit Citizens Budget Commission, motorists would pay flat fees, rather than the […]

Assembly Member Kellner Comes Around on Pricing

By Brad Aaron | Mar 26, 2008 | 23 Comments

Having portrayed himself as a lukewarm supporter of congestion pricing, Upper East Side Assemblyman Micah Kellner let loose with some surprisingly pointed remarks last week, when, to paraphrase, he told the New York Times he didn’t think Governor David Paterson would try to shove the congestion pricing bill down the throats of Assembly members. Now […]

Pricing Round Up: Persuasive Arguments, Rigged Polls, New Buses

By Brad Aaron | Mar 20, 2008 | 19 Comments

With a congestion pricing bill now on the table and the days to get it passed quickly winding down, here is a snapshot of where a handful of electeds, including heavy-hitters like David Paterson and Sheldon Silver, stand. First, the Times quotes Governor Paterson, following his sit-down with Mayor Bloomberg yesterday afternoon: "The mayor, I […]

What Will It Take for Assemblyman Kellner to Vote for Pricing?

By Ben Fried | Jan 28, 2008 | 12 Comments

Two weeks ago, State Assemblyman Micah Kellner submitted a report to the Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission [pdf] detailing his concerns about the two pricing plans in the TCMC’s interim report. Kellner’s district encompasses both of the congestion zone’s proposed northern boundaries, running from 60th Street to about 90th Street, and from 3rd Avenue to the […]