Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Sheldon Silver

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 […]

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 […]

Thank Goodness for Dear, Glorious Leader Sheldon Silver

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 11, 2007 | 2 Comments

Almost exactly one year ago, Harvard economist Edward Glaeser wrote a great little essay for the New York Sun’s op/ed page that asked the question, Does New York Suffer From A Soviet Traffic System?: The Soviet approach to markets set prices at some controlled price, and then let shortages ensue. Under this system, millions wasted […]

Spitzer Backs Congestion Pricing

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 7, 2007 | 7 Comments

Is Mayor Bloomberg actually going to pull this off? Governor Eliot Spitzer came out in favor of congestion pricing this morning. Elizabeth Benjamin at the Daily News reports: Standing with Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Gov. Eliot Spitzer this morning said he is "in favor of embracing a congestion pricing model" at a press conference where U.S. […]

Pricing is Alive. JFK Rail Link and SMART Fund May be Dead.

By Aaron Naparstek | May 21, 2007 | 14 Comments

Annie Karni reports in today’s New York Sun that the outlines of a congestion pricing bill may be hammered out in Albany before Memorial Day, though not exactly as Mayor Bloomberg initially proposed. Karni writes that MTA executive director Lee Sander would prefer to see the $3.75 billion earmarked for a direct rail link from […]

Electeds React to Congestion Pricing

By Brad Aaron | Apr 24, 2007 | 19 Comments

Forty-eight hours in, here is what some elected officials are saying about PlaNYC and congestion pricing. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver: Well, I think it’s a very complicated issue, but, you know, we’ll need to look at it and discuss it with the mayor and discuss it with the members of the conference. The concept of […]

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