Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Michael Bloomberg

Assembly Considers Bankrupting MTA to Reduce Congestion

By Brad Aaron | Jun 14, 2007 | 5 Comments

From WCBS-TV via Second Ave. Sagas: The pressure has been mounting on the legislature to pass the mayor’s [congestion pricing] proposal, but when lawmakers are under pressure they tend to get creative … CBS 2 HD learned that a number of alarmed lawmakers are floating creative ways to ease traffic and reduce pollution without […]

If Congestion Pricing Had to be Approved by a Legislature…

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 14, 2007 | 11 Comments

In the fall of 2005, prior to Mayor Bloomberg’s second term election victory, I began working on a story for New York Magazine about the broad-based coalition that was coming together to push for congestion pricing and a whole array of new urban environmental policies for New York City. While that story never quite came […]

New TV Ad Focuses on PlaNYC’s Health Benefits

By Jason Varone | Jun 12, 2007 | 4 Comments

The Campaign for New York’s Future has released a new poll, a glossy mailer that’ll go out to 380,000 families, and a television advertisement focusing on the health benefits of Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC 2030. The Daily Politics has a nice write-up: With time running out up in Albany and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver saying he […]

City Holds Its Breath for Silver

By Brad Aaron | Jun 12, 2007 | 9 Comments

At the end of last week it appeared Mayor Bloomberg was on the verge of pulling it off. Having scored a congestion pricing bill in the state Senate, coaxed a cautious endorsement from the governor, and all but securing a near half-billion dollar pledge from Washington, Bloomberg sailed into Friday’s state Assembly hearings on a […]

Lappin Describes Her Position as “Similar to Gov. Spitzer’s”

By Glenn McAnanama | Jun 12, 2007 | No Comments

A couple of weeks ago I nearly spit out my morning coffee over the front page of Metro NY when I read that my City Council member Jessica Lappin was opposed to Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing plan. Dismissing residential parking permits as "a hunting license" Lappin said she was afraid of a "crush of cars" […]

The King of Albany Gridlock Breaks His Silence

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 12, 2007 | 3 Comments

As reported by WNYC: NEW YORK, NY June 11, 2007 – As the mayor continues to push for a congestion pricing scheme for midtown Manhattan, the focus of the debate has shifted to — you guessed it — Albany. REPORTER: Assembly members had many questions for the mayor on Friday, and Speaker Sheldon Silver said […]

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