Upper East Side Town Hall Meeting: Congestion Pricing
A town hall meeting entitled "ask your elected officials." We are told that this is expected to be dominated by discussions of congestion pricing.
9:30 PM EDT on June 8, 2007
A town hall meeting entitled “ask your elected officials.” We are told that this is expected to be dominated by discussions of congestion pricing.
Expected attendees include:
- Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer
- Councilwoman Jessica Lappin
- State Senator Liz Kruger
- Councilman Daniel R. Garodnick
Sponsored by:
- East 79th Street Neighborhood Association
- Manhattan Community Board 8
- Carnegie Hill Neighbors
- East Sixties Neighborhood Association
- East 86th Street Merchants & Residents Association
- East 83rd/84th Street Block Association
- Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts
- Roosevelt Island Residents Association
- Upper Green Side
- 2nd/3rd East 80th Block Association
- 19th Precinct Community Council
Before he began blogging about land use and transportation, Aaron Donovan wrote The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund's annual fundraising appeal for three years and earned a master's degree in urban planning from Columbia. Since then, he has worked for nonprofit organizations devoted to New York City economic development. He lives and works in the Financial District, and sees New York's pre-automobile built form as an asset that makes New York unique in the United States, and as a strategic advantage that should be capitalized upon.
Read More:
Streetsblog has migrated to a new comment system. New commenters can register directly in the comments section of any article. Returning commenters: your previous comments and display name have been preserved, but you'll need to reclaim your account by clicking "Forgot your password?" on the sign-in form, entering your email, and following the verification link to set a new password — this is required because passwords could not be carried over during the migration. For questions, contact tips@streetsblog.org.
More from Streetsblog New York City
Talking Headways Podcast: New Tricks for Old Bureaucracies
"Strong reforms are necessary if we're going to have public transit agencies that are successful," says this week's guest.
September 4, 2026
Cop Left Pedestrian To Die After Hit-and-Run — And Told His Pals To Lie About It: DA
A cop drove recklessly, struck a woman, lied about it, and got his friends to lie about it, Queens prosecutors say.
September 3, 2026
Nine People Were Killed By Hit-And-Run Drivers In August
The latest victim? Nurse Jiaya Zheng, who was struck mere blocks from the medical center where she worked ... and was taken before she died.
August 31, 2026
This Week: Streetsblog Is In Repose
Here's important information for readers while Streetsblog's staff undertake four days of professional development and cocktails.
August 31, 2026
‘Insulting’! To Avoid Disrupting Car Traffic On The FDR, DOT Forces Parks To Scale Back Greenway Fix
Plenty of money to fix the BQE, but not to fix a vital greenway on the East Side.
August 29, 2026
