Sentences with phrase «support congestion pricing plans»

Although experts generally support congestion pricing plans, many voters see them as imposing a price on something that was previously free (regardless of the wider impact).

Asked if he could support a congestion pricing plan, Flanagan said, «No.

In a surprise, possibly in response to Mayor Bill de Blasio's proposal for a millionaires» tax to pay for improving the subways, Governor Andrew Cuomo suggested to the New York Times he would support a congestion pricing plan.

Mr. Cuomo supports a congestion pricing plan that would charge drivers entering the most crowded parts of Manhattan and is expected to offer a detailed proposal early next year.

State Senator Martin J. Golden of Brooklyn, one of two Republican senators from the New York City area, said that the $ 17 toll on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge that links Staten Island and Brooklyn would need to be addressed before he could support any congestion pricing plan.

Not exact matches

But Flanagan, a Republican from Suffolk County, did not take a stance on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's stated support for a congestion pricing plan for New York City.

Among the vocal critics of congestion pricing is Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has said he has yet to see an equitable proposal for outer - bough drivers and is trying to gain state support for his own plan to fund the MTA subway system.

During an interview with Capital Tonight's Liz Benjamin, Mark - Viverito, who supported an earlier congestion pricing plan, said she was still learning about the new proposal.

«If Governor Cuomo leads with a strong congestion pricing plan that generates billions of dollars for public transit, he will have the support of millions of frustrated subway and bus riders who are desperate for relief.»

The plan lacks any form of congestion pricing, a policy supported by a collection of transit and environmental advocates that the mayor feels is unfair to car - owning residents of the city.

Modern congestion pricing plans, including the Move NY plan proposed by transportation engineer «Gridlock» Sam Schwartz, have gained support from several elected leaders.

It's been a decade since former Mayor Michael Bloomberg first proposed bringing congestion pricing to Manhattan, and in the years since, the plan — despite having the support of transit advocates and some New York City officials — has gone basically nowhere.

It's been less than two months since Governor Cuomo's Fix NYC panel unveiled a congestion pricing plan that would help fund dire upgrades to the state - controlled subway system, but instead of leaning into that proposal, Cuomo has decided to throw his support behind a different means of accruing capital.

In regards to tolling, Albanese supports the MoveNY plan, which advocates for congestion pricing.

At the moment, 16 percent of annual MTA spending goes toward paying off debt — a «dangerous situation,» according to Kate Slevin, vice president of state programs and advocacy at the Regional Plan Association, a planning nonprofit that has long supported congestion pricing in the city.

His group's support for proposals like Move NY and the plan released by the governor's Fix NYC panel comes with a significant caveat: «Congestion pricing will only work if the playing field is leveled by eliminating the sales tax on black cars so that one equal fee can be applied to both cabs and black cars.

Echoing the response, Uber spokeswoman Danielle Filson said that the company would continue to support Cuomo's attempts, but also keep advocating for «a comprehensive congestion pricing plan that is applied to all vehicles because it is the best way to fully fund mass transit and reduce traffic in the central business district.»

The ride - hail company Uber, which operates largely as a black car company in New York City, has been fighting the Assembly plan with television ads and messages to their users in support of a broader congestion pricing proposal.

Some MTA board members stand staunchly against a fare hike, arguing instead to accrue funds for the subway's dire upgrades through a congestion pricing plan that has the lukewarm support of Mayor de Blasio.

In a statement to the Observer, Mr. Grimm practically dared Mr. de Blasio to campaign for his opponent, and tossed in a swipe at Mr. Recchia's support for a congestion pricing plan that would have tolled East River bridges.

According to someone who was involved in the Bloomberg campaign to pass congestion pricing, and who asked for anonymity for fear of angering the current speaker, Heastie was not only on board with that plan, but had pledged his support early — by 2007.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has said that he supports congestion pricing, but has yet to present a plan.

De Blasio does not support the Move New York plan, and has called congestion pricing a «regressive tax,» instead proposing his own tax on wealthy New Yorkers.

«If my kids are riding on a school bus and the school bus needs brakes and I have the money to fix that, I'm gonna fix it,» responded Dietl, to a question from debate panellist Gloria Pazmino, a Politico New York reporter, about whether the candidates would fund half the MTA emergency action plan and support a potential congestion pricing proposal.

For its part, the Move NY plan is the first congestion pricing proposal to win substantial support since former mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposal crashed on the shoals of Assembly intransigence in 2008.

Pushing through such a plan would no doubt be hard — as former mayor Michael Bloomberg discovered when his own congestion pricing proposal, despite broad support from civic groups, crashed and burned in Albany in 2008.

City Council Speaker Corey Johnson — who supports congestion pricing — contended that the action plan is «long overdue» but laid out some conditions for the city to support it.

As speaker, Quinn supported Bloomberg on nearly every initiative, from congestion pricing and his controversial trash management plan, to his term - limits overhaul.

To gain support in Albany for a congestion pricing plan, supporters will have to win over lawmakers who represent the boroughs outside Manhattan and the suburbs.

Lower outer borough bridge tolls and money for roads and bridges were in an earlier plan proposed by Move NY, a grass - roots campaign, as a way to garner broader support by distributing the costs and benefits of congestion pricing more equitably across the city.

In his super-juicy Bronx politics column this week, Bob Kapstatter says Mayor Bloomberg is pushing his Congestion Pricing plan in the borough by dangling transit incentives in exchange for support.

Mr. Schwartz has worked extensively behind - the - scenes to line up support for his plan, known as Move NY, from labor unions and business organizations, some of whom resisted Mr. Bloomberg's congestion pricing scheme.

Given that details about the MTA's capital spending plan are only now coming out, the fact that more than half of the polled New Yorkers support congestion pricing if the revenues go to transit is actually pretty impressive.

The poll found 51 % -43 % support in «the suburbs» (Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland, and Westchester counties) for a congestion pricing plan dedicated to funding mass transit, and 59 % -26 % support in upstate New York.