Avella Roused to Action By Dinged Up Mercedes, Not Loss of Life
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As far as Avella is concerned, people who bike and walk on Northern Boulevard just don't count.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Tony Avella
Counter-Protesters Stymie Tony Avella’s Anti-Bike Lane Press Conference on Northern Blvd
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The state senator representing eastern Queens wants DOT to halt a safety project where a driver took the life of Michael Schenkman last year.
Tony Avella Goes Post-Truth, Says de Blasio Fabricates Data on Traffic Deaths
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Taking a page from the Trump playbook, this morning State Senator Tony Avella accused Mayor de Blasio of fabricating data on traffic crashes, producing no evidence to substantiate the claim.
4 Things Tony Avella and David Weprin Get Totally Wrong About Toll Reform
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No, the past nine years weren’t just a dream and you didn’t wake up in 2006. State senators David Weprin and Tony Avella, the Queens Civic Congress, and a few other Queens elected officials really did put on a press conference yesterday to guard against the possibility that New York might put a rational price on the East […]
Tony Avella Goes Berserk Over Community-Backed Flushing Plaza
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State Senator Tony Avella held a press conference this week to denounce a pedestrian plaza proposed for the Murray Hill section of Flushing. He’s afraid it will lead to unbearable traffic congestion. Too bad he’s conjuring nightmare scenarios about something that’s not even in his district: State Senator Toby Stavisky, who actually represents the plaza site and the blocks […]
Tony Avella Finds It “Offensive” to Say the Truth About NYC’s Toll System
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In his quest to preserve free driving privileges over the Queensboro Bridge, State Senator Tony Avella seems to be having a hard time rounding up the old gang. Yesterday, Avella tried to pick a fight with Council Member Mark Weprin, a fellow legislator from northeast Queens who opposed the 2008 congestion pricing plan but backs the Move NY […]