Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Ruben Diaz Sr.

Bronx Transit Riders to Rally Today at Diaz Sr.’s Office

By Brad Aaron | Mar 12, 2009 | 11 Comments

Communities United for Transportation Equity (COMMUTE) will hold a rally today at the office of Ruben Diaz, Sr., one of a handful of state senators whose opposition to bridge tolls threatens to sink the MTA rescue plan. Says COMMUTE: Dozens of South Bronx residents and constituents of State Senator Rubén Díaz will rally outside his […]

MTA Rescue Alert: Tell Electeds What You Oppose

By Brad Aaron | Mar 6, 2009 | 11 Comments

In response to the possible sinking of the MTA rescue plan by three recalcitrant state senators, the Campaign for New York’s Future has set up an action alert enabling members of the public to contact their representatives directly via e-mail. The message, which may be tailored before sending, reads in part: I am very concerned […]

Kruger, Espada, and Diaz Leave MTA Rescue on Life Support

By Ben Fried | Mar 5, 2009 | 26 Comments

The three city reps who nearly derailed the Democratic takeover of the State Senate have issued a joint statement declaring — transit riders be damned — they’re not going to support bridge tolls. Liz Benjamin at the Daily Politics has the story: The Three Amigos — Sens. Carl Kruger, Pedro Espada Jr. and Ruben Diaz […]

Senate Dems Denounce Bridge Tolls as Doomsday Draws Closer

By Brad Aaron | Feb 26, 2009 | 19 Comments

Take it to the bank: 67 percent of households in Ruben Diaz, Sr.’s Bronx district are car-free. While the looming MTA doomsday scenario is desperate enough that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has put forward a proposal to charge drivers roughly the same as transit riders to cross East and Harlem River bridges, Democrats over in […]

Idle Hands

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 15, 2007 | 27 Comments

Class-cutting school kids in Bushwick and the South Bronx, fear not. The clipboard-wielding women standing outside your school aren’t looking to bust you, they’re trying to help you breathe. As reported in last week’s New Yorker Talk of the Town: The women belong to a nonprofit group called the Asthma Free School Zone, which, […]

Congestion Pricing: What’s the Deal?

By John Kaehny | Jul 20, 2007 | 32 Comments

Nobody knows whether the convoluted and difficult congestion pricing "deal" reached by political leaders yesterday will actually result in anything. The deal is complex even by Albany standards. A few things, however, are clear: Mayor Bloomberg does not have a "green light" to move forward with congestion pricing, nor has he been granted any new […]

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