Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Richard Brodsky

Does the State Senate’s MTA Plan Pass Environmental Muster?

By Ben Fried | Apr 22, 2009 | 3 Comments

Where’s the Assembly’s eco-warrior when you need him? The Municipal Art Society came out with a report yesterday urging New York State to start analyzing greenhouse gas emissions in its environmental review process (SEQRA). MAS argues that the policy could be adopted without changing existing laws, which raises an interesting question to ponder on this […]

The 2008 Streetsie Awards, Part 2

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 30, 2008 | 21 Comments

Biggest Setback: After being approved by an unprecedented civic coalition, the mayor and New York City Council, congestion pricing — the one policy measure that simultaneously reduces traffic congestion while raising money for mass transit and livable streets — died in an Albany backroom without even a vote. Lobbyists of the Year: Walter McCaffrey and […]

City Traded Parking Spots for Yankee Stadium Suite

By Brad Aaron | Dec 1, 2008 | 5 Comments

Not that we need more evidence that the Yankee Stadium parking deal was rancid to the core, but a Saturday story in the Times reveals the sad details of the Bloomberg administration’s push for luxury game day digs — a 12-seat suite in left field — for which it traded 250 spots to the team. […]

Brodsky: Assembly “Working to Find Partners” for MTA Funding

By Brad Aaron | Nov 26, 2008 | 13 Comments

Last week we e-mailed a short list of questions about the MTA financial crisis to Assembly Member Richard Brodsky. Here are his responses, received yesterday, shortly after we posted our "doomsday" scorecard. Streetsblog: Given the MTA’s need for both operating and capital funds, what revenue streams would you like to see tapped at this point […]

Dear Mr. Brodsky: What Now?

By Brad Aaron | Nov 20, 2008 | 8 Comments

In today’s Times, Richard Brodsky weighs in on the pitfalls of shortchanging capital needs in the face of the immediate MTA budget crisis. "The need for investment in the system is gargantuan," said Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky, a Democrat from Westchester County who is chairman of a committee that oversees the authority. "Twenty-five years from […]

Is NYC’s “Sustainable Streets” Plan a Communist Plot?

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 27, 2008 | 12 Comments

This week’s Observer is running a profile of DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan. It focuses on the speed with which many of DOT’s Sustainable Streets projects are moving ahead and seems to suggest either: a) Improving conditions for New York City’s pedestrians, cyclists and bus riders is a Communist plot. Or,b) The change that Sadik-Khan is […]

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