Congestion Pricing Critic Gets the Spotlight During Public Hearing
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Why is anyone listening to Richard Brodsky, anyway?
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Memo To Council Member Barry Grodenchik: Find a New Congestion Pricing Guru
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The Queens lawmaker foolishly said he agreed with former Assemblyman Richard Brodsky's flawed argument that fees on drivers are "elitist."
Traffic Pricing Is Evolving. Can Its Opponents?
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“The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones,” wrote John Maynard Keynes in his ground-breaking 1935 treatise, “The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.” Keynes was bemoaning budget-balancing nostrums that deepened the Great Depression. But the famed economist’s lament applies equally to Richard Brodsky’s exhumation last week […]
Will Westchester Replace Richard Brodsky With a Better Voice for Transit?
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Westchester Democrat Richard Brodsky is running for Attorney General this fall, leaving the seat of congestion pricing’s leading opponent open. Will his successor take up Brodsky’s anti-transit mantle or prove to better represent the environmental values on which Brodsky is now running for AG? We spoke with the three candidates vying to replace Brodsky in […]
Twenty-One NYC Reps Back Brodsky’s Student Fare Falsehood
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On Friday we noted that Assembly Member Richard Brodsky’s latest anti-transit argument — that "the actual cost of free and discounted student fares is close to zero" — doesn’t hold water. A letter from Brodsky addressed to MTA CEO Jay Walder calls for reinstating student MetroCards, laying blame for the program’s potential elimination at the […]
Spreading Falsehoods on Student Fares, Brodsky Takes Page From Giuliani
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The Westchester Democrat who carried the banner for congestion pricing foes in Albany two years ago is grabbing attention with another anti-transit stance. Posing as a defender of New York City school children, Assembly member Richard Brodsky sent a letter to the MTA this week claiming that "the actual cost of free and discounted student […]