Jeffrey Dinowitz, Then and Now
Bronx Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz on congestion pricing, February 2008:
By
Brad Aaron
1:18 PM EST on February 2, 2009
Bronx Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz on congestion pricing, February 2008:
Who could support a plan that creates a regressive tax on middle-class
and working people from the Bronx and the outer boroughs?
Jeffrey Dinowitz on the possibility of eliminating the Bx34, February 2009:
“The fact that they would come up with such a boneheaded idea with this
bus reflects really poorly on their ability to run this agency.”
Here’s hoping that residents of the Bronx, most of whom rely on transit, decide for themselves who the real boneheads are.
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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