Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Sheldon Silver

Shameless Shelly Silver Claims Credit for Saving Student Fares

By Brad Aaron | Jun 21, 2010 | 32 Comments

In an unbelievable display of chutzpah — okay, not really — Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Ways and Means Committee Chair Herman "Denny" Farrell issued a self-congratulatory press release last Friday taking credit for "saving" student MetroCards. Here’s an excerpt: "My Assembly colleagues and I fought hard to preserve student MetroCards, because we believe that […]

Eyes in the Capitol: Four Seconds of Glory for Bus Cam Bill

By Ben Fried | Jun 16, 2010 | 6 Comments

This clip from yesterday’s Assembly Transportation Committee meeting doesn’t quite live up to the hype. If you’re puzzled as to why we’re even showing this, allow me to set the scene: Two years ago, a bill enabling camera enforcement of New York City bus lanes died in this same committee under cloudy circumstances. In a […]

Double-Take Time: Bus Cam Bill Clears Assembly Transpo Committee

By Ben Fried | Jun 15, 2010 | 4 Comments

You read that right. Don’t celebrate just yet, but legislation authorizing the use of camera enforcement to keep New York City bus lanes clear of traffic — a.k.a. the bus cam bill — just cleared the Assembly Transportation Committee. Sheldon Silver and David Gantt. While it might seem sort of pathetic to tout a committee […]

Quinn and Vacca Urge City Council Support for Bus Cameras

By Noah Kazis | Jun 8, 2010 | 5 Comments

New York City’s plans for dedicated bus lanes, as proposed for the Nostrand Avenue corridor in Brooklyn, depend on Albany’s willingness to allow camera enforcement. Image: NYCDOT City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and transportation committee chair Jimmy Vacca gave better service for New York City bus riders a boost yesterday, speaking in favor of bus […]

Albany Running Out of Time to Give NYC Bus Riders Faster Service

By Ben Fried | May 26, 2010 | 2 Comments

Urgency is mounting in Albany to pass a bus lane enforcement bill, as the end of the legislative session draws near and the launch date of rapid bus service on the East Side of Manhattan approaches. Camera enforcement will help bus lanes work as advertised for hundreds of thousands of riders. Image: NYCDOT To give […]

Better Bus Service in Jeopardy Thanks to Shelly Silver and Assembly Dems

By Ben Fried and Noah Kazis | Mar 25, 2010 | 12 Comments

Chances to improve service on New York City’s dedicated bus lanes appeared to narrow yesterday, when Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and his Democratic conference rejected bus lane enforcement cameras in the chamber’s draft budget. Camera enforcement is one of the linchpins in the city’s strategy to put the "rapid" in Bus Rapid Transit. Without it, […]

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