Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Michael Bloomberg

New Law Encourages DOT to Set Traffic Reduction Targets

By Ben Fried | | 10 Comments
Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg signed into law Intro 199, a bill requiring New York City’s Department of Transportation to collect and monitor data specifically aimed at helping the city "to reduce automobile traffic and encourage more sustainable means of transportation vital to combating congestion, pollution and improving the City’s long term economic health." The new law […]

Has Time Run Out on the Parking Placard “Crackdown”?

By Brad Aaron | | 6 Comments
Chinatown, December 2007: As good as it gets? Early this year, Mayor Bloomberg’s office announced across-the-board reductions in the number of government-issued parking placards that could be allotted to city employees. And while the city looks to be following through with the cuts — to the chagrin of some among the entitled motoring class — […]

Hakeem Jeffries Responds to Congestion Pricing Critics

By Streetsblog | | 34 Comments
From today’s Crain’s Insider: Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, who is holding a rally this evening for better G train service, is drawing fire from transit advocates because of his opposition to congestion pricing. Streetsblog commenters plan to confront him at the rally. "Simply because one did not support the mayor’s version of congestion pricing does not […]

Dick Gottfried Blames Bloomberg for Pricing Non-Vote

By Brad Aaron | | 21 Comments
 Care of the Politicker, here’s 38-year incumbent Assembly Member Dick Gottfried explaining to the Chelsea Reform Democratic Club, whose endorsement he wants for his re-election bid, how democratic Shelly Silver’s house is in comparison to the state Senate. All things considered, it’s a jaw-dropping spiel. Then, at about the three-minute mark, an audience member asks […]

MTA Reaches Deal for Hudson Yards… Again

By Ben Fried | | 2 Comments
A rendering of the Related Companies’ proposal, courtesy of Curbed. That was quick. Less than a week after its deal with Tishman Speyer came screeching to an unexpected halt, the MTA has lined up another developer for the Hudson Yards on Manhattan’s far West Side. The deal with Related Companies and Goldman Sachs, slated for […]

Anti-Pricing Lawmakers Dismayed by Potential Backlash

By Brad Aaron | | 9 Comments
State legislators who opposed congestion pricing are shocked — shocked! — that the New York League of Conservation Voters may hold them accountable for their positions on one of the most important environmental initiatives in recent history. The Times reports that about a dozen lawmakers, including Bronx Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, are refusing to complete the […]
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