Sentences with phrase «take on congestion pricing»

For starters, as one Assembly member points out, it's a lot of new members who may have a totally different take on congestion pricing especially if the money it raises goes toward improving mass transit.

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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.

Since the congestion pricing plan still needs to be approved by the state legislature, concerns on both sides will have to be taken into account no matter what.

Congestion pricing has died multiple deaths in public policy debates, most recently 10 years ago when the Assembly declined to take a vote on a plan backed by then - Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

While it's clear that what is needed is for Albany to pass a full - blown congestion - pricing plan for New York City, there are more constructive steps that the city can take on its own, and we highlighted a half - dozen of them in our testimony, which you can read in full here.

But, with elections for state offices taking place this year, many leaders in Albany remain reluctant to sign off on a congestion pricing system.

NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito said on CapTon last night that she is «open» to the Move NY congestion pricing plan, but did not take a declarative position.

Brodsky is known for taking on state authoritie, and his stern opposition to congestion pricing.

Albanese supports a proposed congestion pricing initiative, known as Move New York, to impose tolls on the three East River bridges to help fund the subways; while de Blasio called congestion pricing a «regressive tax» and stressed that his proposal for a millionaire's tax to fund subway repairs was a more viable alternative, even though his proposal has largely been shot down by the GOP - controlled state Senate and de Blasio sees it passing only once Democrats take control of that house of the Legislature in January 2019, which de Blasio said was soon.

In a recent interview with Capital, former assemblymember Jack McEneny recalled that Silver personally supported congestion pricing, but decided to take the blame for its demise on behalf of the conference members who opposed it.

He also appeared to take one of several jabs at de Blasio, who opposes congestion pricing and wants to see an added tax on high earners to additionally fund the MTA.

Make them take Sheldon Silver with them so we can get on with sensible congestion pricing.

We've been disappointed on various levels, whether it's the slowness to change rules related to brownfields, whether it was the state assembly's refusal to vote on congestion pricing, whether it's the Public Service Commission taking a really long time to come up with the final recommendations on the energy portfolio standard proceedings (so we finally can have really ambitious and well thought out energy efficiency projects for New York City).