lohud.com

Sponsored by:

… and another thing

A repository of random thoughts, odds and ends, and not-quite-fully-formed ideas.

Congestion pricing passes

March
31
The New York City Council approved congestion pricing tonight. Now it is up to Albany.

Here is what Mayor Michael Bloomberg had to say:

“It has the support of New York City’s organized labor leaders, who today strongly urged quick action on congestion pricing.

“It has the endorsement of business groups and newspaper editorial pages across the state who have urged Albany to enact this piece of legislation which will give us $354 million in federal money and a recurring, dependable source of funds to work on mass transit improvements which we sorely need in this city.

And also to improve the quality of air that we and our children are breathing and to help unclog a city that is really getting stifled by the inability to get across town in the business day from one side to the other.”

This entry was posted on Monday, March 31st, 2008 at 8:54 pm by Noreen O'Donnell.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
Share and Enjoy: del.icio.us Digg | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Advertisement

Leave a Reply

About the author
Noreen O'DonnellNoreen O'Donnell For the last 20 years, Noreen O'Donnell has written about Hillary Clinton's run for the Senate, rebuilding Ground Zero, the Korean immigrants who travel north each day from Queens to work in nail salons, deadly runaway fire trucks and other stories in Westchester and Putnam counties. Now she's a columnist.



Other recent entries




Recently Updated LoHud Blogs
Monthly Archives