Mark Weprin, the councilman, thinks his brother David Weprin, the assemblyman, is completely off - base when it comes to
the latest congestion pricing plan.
Some transit advocates have pinned their hopes for more transit funding on
the latest congestion pricing plan to make the rounds in Albany — Sam Schwartz's Move NY, which would levy tolls on East River bridges and along 60th Street, and lower them on outer - borough crossings.
Not exact matches
The prospects are worsening for the
latest proposal to impose new tolls on motorists entering the busiest parts of Manhattan via
congestion pricing as skeptical lawmakers balk at the
plan.
The most recent attempt prior to Fix NYC was in the
late aughts, when former mayor Michael Bloomberg attempted to get a
congestion pricing plan passed; but that died in Albany at the hands of Sheldon Silver in 2008.
The
plan did not include
congestion pricing for Manhattan, but Cuomo will release that
later this week based on the recommendations of his Fix NYC panel.
Details on a proposed
congestion pricing plan will be further fleshed out in a report to be released
later this week by the Fix New York City Commission, Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters on Monday.
Cuomo said a proposal for a
congestion pricing plan that would charge tolls to drive into a specific zone of Manhattan will be released
later in the week by a Fix NYC panel he created.
Alan and Joe also discuss recent polling data, the special election in Schenectady and the
latest on the
congestion pricing plan for Manhattan.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is renewing pressure on New York City to fund its half of the short - term
plan to fix the city's subway system and has included his long - anticipated
congestion pricing proposal in the
latest state budget.
They'll also talk about the
latest developments related to the franchise to run the Saratoga Race Course, the
congestion pricing plan for NYC and the Spitzer administration's «Troopergate» scandal.
He said
later this week his office would release a long - term
plan called «Fix NYC» that includes a
congestion pricing plan for commuters driving to different zones of New York City.
Late Friday, New York passed its new budget and with it part of a new
congestion pricing plan.