Sentences with phrase «congestion pricing remained»
But congestion pricing remained a hard sell, and not just to lawmakers.
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Outerborough opposition to congestion pricing remains a key obstacle to legislative approval, and it's unclear how much political capital Cuomo wants to invest in the effort.
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«Though I have been a critic of congestion pricing in the past and still remain skeptical, the plan released today... offers a wide variety of innovative suggestions,» Democratic Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. said.
Republican Senate Leader John Flanagan, of Long Island, criticized congestion pricing earlier this month, and on Friday his spokesman, Scott Reif, said Republican lawmakers remain wary of any proposal that makes New York City less affordable.
But, with elections for state offices taking place this year, many leaders in Albany remain reluctant to sign off on a congestion pricing system.
But congestion pricing's prospects remain uncertain — not for the first time — as the April 1 deadline for a state budget rapidly approaches with no agreement among Albany political leaders.
«On congestion pricing she has said she likes the Sam Schwartz plan but, remains open minded regarding other plans,» campaign spokesperson Rob Ryan clarified in an email on Wednesday.
While the subway crisis has created the latest opening for congestion pricing, it is largely thanks to three longtime advocates that it even remained a possibility.