The King of Albany Gridlock Breaks His Silence

As reported by WNYC:

By Aaron Naparstek

10:55 AM EDT on June 12, 2007

As reported by WNYC:

NEW YORK, NY June 11, 2007 – As the mayor continues to push for a congestion pricing scheme for midtown Manhattan, the focus of the debate has shifted to — you guessed it — Albany.
REPORTER: Assembly members had many questions for the mayor on Friday, and Speaker Sheldon Silver said today he had issues of his own.
SILVER: Will mass transit be ready to handle the overage? What’s the significance? So these are all questions that hopefully good minds will get to work on answering and we’ll have a comprehensive plan that makes sense.
REPORTER: Speaking to reporter’s upstate, Silver said there would be no decision made before the legislative session ends later this month. But he held out hope that something could be voted on later this summer. City officials are urging action by august so the plan can qualify for federal grant money.

Aaron Naparstek

Aaron Naparstek is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparstek's journalism, advocacy and community organizing work has been instrumental in growing the bicycle network, removing motor vehicles from parks, and developing new public plazas, car-free streets and life-saving traffic-calming measures across all five boroughs. He was also one of the original cast members of the "War on Cars" podcast. You can find more of his work on his website.