Adolfo Carrion

A Bronx Cheer for Congestion Pricing

At a press conference today, a group of Bronx and northern Manhattan elected officials have signed on in support of Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing effort. They are:

By Aaron Naparstek

3:10 PM EDT on June 15, 2007

At a press conference today, a group of Bronx and northern Manhattan elected officials have signed on in support of Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing effort. They are:

Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion
Assembly member Michael Benedetto
Assembly member Adam Clayton Powell IV
Bronx Democratic Chair and Assembly member Jose Rivera.
Council member James Vacca.
Council member Annabel Palma.

An updated list from The Daily Politics:

Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat
Assemblyman Peter Rivera
Assemblyman Carl Heastie
Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera

Here’s a piece of the press release from the Campaign for New York’s Future:

“Environmental Defense applauds Bronx Borough President Carrion, Assembly Members Benedetto, Powell and Rivera, and Council Members Palma and Vacca for supporting congestion pricing, clean energy and the goals of PlaNYC at this critical time,” said Andy Darrell, director of the Living Cities program at Environmental Defense. “Vehicle emissions contribute more than 86% of the total cancer risk from toxic air pollution in the Bronx, and the air cancer risk from diesel is 1000 times higher than the EPA standards. Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion’s support helps move the Bronx — and the city as a whole — toward a future with less traffic pollution, better transit and lower energy bills. It’s time for legislative leaders in Albany to take the step that Adolfo Carrion and his colleagues have taken today.”

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.