Sentences with phrase «effort on congestion pricing»

Indeed, De Blasio seems unwilling to put forth any effort on congestion pricing since it's almost certainly doomed to die in Albany:

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat and the most visible champion of congestion pricing after reviving it last summer, and his aides, as well as lobbyists and advocates, focused their efforts on winning over the Assembly in hopes that they could present a united front and put pressure on the Senate, according to those familiar with their strategy.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's transportation commissioner on Tuesday morning held a competing press conference in Queens about the administration's effort to cut traffic deaths, a goal that advocates say congestion pricing would further.

Political battles between outlying boroughs and suburbs — where car culture is stronger — and city planners desperate to unclog streets could make New York's congestion - pricing effort drag on a good while longer.