Sentences with phrase «about congestion pricing»

There was little about congestion pricing in the state budget despite months of lobbying by advocates, a six - figure media campaign, and rallies by transit riders.
QUEENS, NY — Queens elected officials issued the following joint statement about the congestion pricing plan proposed by Move NY: «The «Move NY Fair Plan» is far from fair and lacks any promise of returns.
Mr. Cuomo, after once expressing doubt about congestion pricing's chances, is expected to unveil a plan early next year and make it a centerpiece of his legislative agenda.
«It was a massive effort that didn't work — and couldn't work — because of the unalterable opposition of legislators in the outer boroughs and suburban areas,» Douglas Muzzio, a Baruch College professor, said about the congestion pricing plan that died in Albany.
A remark by Cuomo, well into a ceremony yesterday for the new Penn - Farley west concourse at New York's Penn Station, could reinvigorate discussion about congestion pricing, a concept backers say could generate billions for mass transit among other benefits.
«The mayor is being willfully stupid about how transportation works in New York City because the governor is saying positive things about congestion pricing,» Orcutt said.
Legislators with substantive concerns about congestion pricing typically represent districts in the boroughs outside Manhattan that have unmet transit needs.
The powerful speaker at the time, Sheldon Silver, came from the Lower East Side but was described by Brennan and other colleagues as ambivalent about the congestion pricing proposal.
Speaking at a transportation - focused press conference he held just outside of City Hall, I asked Massey about congestion pricing and the prospect of adding tolls to the City's East River bridges.
He said conferences about congestion pricing had been going on since last summer and that the Assembly had voted to support more study of the issue.
As the last few years rolled by with nary a peep about congestion pricing, Komanoff put aside his project which, he believes, is the key to unlocking New York's transportation potential.
«I'm someone who had a lot of doubts about congestion pricing, but I said what his commission did was actually a breath of fresh air compared to the previous proposals we had seen,» de Blasio continued.
The mayor said he told the governor there are some «bottom line matters» that are «essential» to the city and that he has has been «very open - minded» about the congestion pricing plan proposed by Fix New York City, a panel formed by Cuomo last year to study the issue.
Mr. Cuomo, after once expressing doubt about congestion pricing's chances, is expected to unveil a plan early next year and make it a centerpiece of his legislative agenda.
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