Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Michael O’Loughlin

With Congestion Pricing Dead, a $17 Billion Transit Deficit Looms

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 7, 2008 | 34 Comments

We’re putting in some calls and getting some initial reactions to the State Assembly’s failure to bring New York City’s congestion pricing plan to a vote today. Michael O’Loughlin at the Campaign for New York’s Future said: Congestion pricing is dead. Long live congestion pricing. The Assembly still has to come up with a plan […]

Dueling Videos: Weprin and McCaffrey vs. New York’s Future

By Brad Aaron | Apr 7, 2008 | No Comments

Azi Paybarah at the Politicker shot this video of Queens City Council Member David Weprin’s anti-pricing rally yesterday. Sharing the podium with Weprin is Walter McCaffrey of Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free. Can you count the distortions relayed in this nine minute reel? After the jump, Azi gets a response from Michael O’Loughlin of the […]

Paterson Backs Pricing, Introduces Bill in Albany

By Ben Fried | Mar 21, 2008 | 9 Comments

David Paterson is going to do right by his old State Senate district after all. New York’s new governor settled any doubts about his position on congestion pricing this afternoon, introducing a bill that follows the recommendations of the Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission. The Daily Politics has the scoop: "Congestion pricing addresses two urgent concerns […]

Pricing Advocates Hear Excuses from Queens State Senator

By Brad Aaron | Mar 18, 2008 | 8 Comments

Michael O’Loughlin of the Campaign for New York’s Future leads the congestion pricing rally on the capitol steps. Streetsblog’s Brad Aaron files this report from Albany. A contingent of about 80 New Yorkers is in Albany today to advocate for congestion pricing. Following a brief rally on the capitol steps this morning, led by the […]

Brodsky Sows Doubt, Misinformation at Brooklyn Pricing Debate

By Ben Fried | Feb 19, 2008 | 11 Comments

Fred Siegel of the Progressive Policy Institute moderated Sunday’s debate. On Sunday, Temple Beth Emeth in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn hosted a classic congestion pricing match-up: Michael O’Loughlin of the Campaign for New York’s Future vs. Assemblyman Richard Brodsky (who, it turns out, went to shul at Beth Emeth until age ten). The crowd of 50 […]

Weiner and Wylde Square Off in Pricing Forum

By Ben Fried | Jan 10, 2008 | 26 Comments

Four veterans of the congestion pricing wars went toe-to-toe at the Museum of the City of New York Wednesday night — the last showdown before the Congestion Mitigation Commission releases its draft proposals today. Taking the stump for pricing were Kathryn Wylde of the Partnership for NYC and Michael O’Loughlin of the Campaign for New […]

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