Sentences with phrase «outer borough residents»
But his campaign will emphasize the middle class, which is often a code phrase for outer borough residents.
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Jon Weinstein, a spokesman for Cuomo, assured that any congestion pricing plan that's introduced would have a limited impact on outer borough residents.
Cuomo noted only about 5 percent of outer borough residents drive into Manhattan, with the vast majority of commuters taking mass transit.
He then launched into a list of what he called political victories for the Bronx: half - a-billion dollars worth of housing construction during the recession, a recent education summit and a new law that allows outer borough residents to hail livery cabs.
The mayor has also argued that surcharges will unfairly burden low - income and outer borough residents — a concern shared by many elected officials who represent those districts.
From the return of functional state government to tax reform to a taxi plan providing better service to disabled and outer borough residents, we are better off today than we were one year ago.
«It's important to make sure the outer borough residents get concrete benefits in return for establishing a congestion pricing zone in the central business district.»