Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Albany Reform

Details of Proposed Bus Service Expansion

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 12, 2007 | 9 Comments

The other day I noted that one of the most destructive pieces of misinformation floating around the New York State Assembly is this line from Assembly Member Richard Brodsky’s congestion pricing report: The City has no plan to improve mass transit prior to the implementation of congestion pricing. This is a serious if not fatal […]

It’s Alive. It’s Dead. It’s Three Men in a Room!

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 11, 2007 | 10 Comments

Erik Engquist at Crain’s says a potential deal is in the works that would nix Gov. Spitzer’s call for campaign finance reform and give Albany legislators a long-sought pay raise in return for congestion pricing approval. An Assembly Member that I spoke with this morning, however, says that congestion pricing is totally dead or, as […]

Brodsky Attacks Critics of His Congestion Pricing Study

By Jason Varone | Jul 11, 2007 | 41 Comments

On the Brian Lehrer show this morning, Assembly Member Richard Brodsky brushed off reports of his parking industry campaign contributions and TA, RPA and Streetsblog’s substantive criticism of his congestion pricing study as a "personal attack." Here’s a transcript: Brian Lehrer: Streetsblog, the website, reported yesterday that over the past five years you have accepted […]

$300+ Million in Bus Improvements Held Hostage in Albany

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 10, 2007 | 1 Comment

One of the most destructive pieces of misinformation currently floating around the New York State Assembly is this oft-repeated line from Richard Brodsky’s newly released report: The City has no plan to improve mass transit prior to the implementation of congestion pricing. This is a serious if not fatal defect in the proposal in the […]

Brodsky Represents NYC’s Wealthiest Car Commuters

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 10, 2007 | 15 Comments

Here is a complete copy of Assembly Member Richard Brodsky’s "Interim Report and Inquiry" into New York City’s long-term planning and congestion pricing proposals. Brodsky, you may recall, is the powerful state lawmaker with the moneybag full of parking industry contributions. Brodsky’s 20-page report concludes: The Mayor deserves great credit for thinking seriously about the […]

Bloomberg Stadium Foes Urge Silver to Support Pricing

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 9, 2007 | 4 Comments

Then: "Honk No" to Mayor Bloomberg’s plan. Now: Stop honking and pay $8. Bloomberg’s West Side stadium foes are now his congestion pricing friends. Manhattan Community Boards 4, 5 and 6 are holding a joint public hearing on the PlaNYC congestion pricing proposal tonight at 6:00pm. In an interesting twist of politics, the West Side […]

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