Yesterday, I speculated that Gov. Spitzer’s scandalous problems may signal the end of our congestion pricing hopes. Today, with Spitzer out, pricing foe Assemblyman Richard Brodsky gleefully predicts the downfall of Mayor Bloomberg’s radical and necessary plan. “Whatever political efforts he was intending to make are certainly not going to be there over the next days and weeks. That certainly means we’re in a fair fight, which we’ll win,” he said. Maybe Gov. Patterson can turn this into a win, but if not, the city’s environmental and transportation future will be the big losers here.
The congestion pricing edition of ‘Now It’s Probably Gone’
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What I have a problem with here is that why is there such opposition to this. Clearly the feds want it to happen. The only real reason why people don’t like the idea is because they want to know that the money will actully go to the MTA and SPECIFICALLY go to paying for improvements and project like the second ave subway, the 7 line extension and so forth.
My opinion is that the city took a big hit today and very specifically the MTA and any multi-million (or more) project that has to do with improving the heart and arteries of the city. I truly wonder what will happen.
NY State gets most of its money from NYC but NY State doesn’t seem very interested in investing into NYC. Our subways nd airports, bridges and highways need to be seriously looked at if we plan on “inviting” another 1.2 million+ people into NYC over the next 10-20 years.
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I am also mad that the news only seems to get comments from republicans as opposed to any democrats about this situation. There is an agenda that deals with the city’s future ability to get more revenue and a better environment. Don’t let Spitzer not being able to keep his “yo-yo” in his pants
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be the issue for the next 3.4 years. I feel sorry for him and his family (especially his teen age daughters) but we need to move on quickly.
Here’s hoping David Paterson will do what’s good for Harlem and for New York, and carry on the torch. What Wikipedia says about his legislative record suggests he will.
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