Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Albany Reform

What Paterson’s Senate District Stands to Gain From Pricing

By Brad Aaron | Mar 21, 2008 | 4 Comments

With conflicting reports on congestion pricing’s status in Albany, and given his own ambiguous statements, it remains to be seen whether Governor David Paterson will get behind the plan — though a look at census data published by the Tri State Transportation Campaign shows that most of those he once represented in the New York […]

Pricing Round Up: Persuasive Arguments, Rigged Polls, New Buses

By Brad Aaron | Mar 20, 2008 | 19 Comments

With a congestion pricing bill now on the table and the days to get it passed quickly winding down, here is a snapshot of where a handful of electeds, including heavy-hitters like David Paterson and Sheldon Silver, stand. First, the Times quotes Governor Paterson, following his sit-down with Mayor Bloomberg yesterday afternoon: "The mayor, I […]

Pricing Bill Appears in Albany; Bloomberg and Paterson Meet

By Brad Aaron | Mar 19, 2008 | 3 Comments

From The Daily Politics: While members of the City Council haven’t seen it, a congestion pricing bill drafted by the Bloomberg administration has popped up in Albany over the last 24 hours, although it does not yet have a sponsor and hasn’t been introduced. Here is a PDF of the 41-page bill (caution: it’s a […]

Assembly Member Deborah Glick: Angry Fence-Sitter

By Brad Aaron | Mar 19, 2008 | 29 Comments

New Jersey traffic headed toward Chelsea Tuesday evening Constituents of Lower Manhattan Assembly Member Deborah Glick have a lot to gain from congestion pricing, but they should not assume their representative will vote for the plan once (or if) it reaches Albany. Meeting with a group of advocates who traveled from the city yesterday, Glick […]

Pricing Advocates Hear Excuses from Queens State Senator

By Brad Aaron | Mar 18, 2008 | 8 Comments

Michael O’Loughlin of the Campaign for New York’s Future leads the congestion pricing rally on the capitol steps. Streetsblog’s Brad Aaron files this report from Albany. A contingent of about 80 New Yorkers is in Albany today to advocate for congestion pricing. Following a brief rally on the capitol steps this morning, led by the […]

More Mixed Signals on Pricing’s Chances Under Paterson

By Brad Aaron | Mar 17, 2008 | 5 Comments

"Today is Monday. There is work to be done." So said David Paterson, who was sworn in as New York’s 55th governor just after 1:00 this afternoon. Two Mondays from now, the City Council and state Legislature will need to have adopted a congestion pricing plan if the city is to receive $354 million […]

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