Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about State Legislature

Missing in action on congestion pricing: Daniel O'Donnell, Richard Gottfried, Yuh-Line Niou, and Deborah Glick.

The Manhattan Assembly Members Who Were MIA on Congestion Pricing

By David Meyer | Apr 16, 2018 | 4 Comments

The failure to enact congestion pricing was a setback for the whole city, but no borough got a worse deal than Manhattan. And yet, as this deal was being negotiated, Manhattan elected officials didn't make a peep.

State Senator Brad Hoylman. Photo: Kelsey Williams/Wikimedia Commons

Brad Hoylman: Until Albany Passes Congestion Pricing, “We’re Not Going to See Any Reduction in Traffic”

By David Meyer | Apr 9, 2018 | 2 Comments

The state senator was the lone Democratic vote against the state budget.

Dan Quart: New Taxi Fees Won’t Do Much “Without a Full Congestion Pricing Plan”

By David Meyer | Apr 6, 2018

Count Assembly Member Dan Quart among the state legislators who aren't satisfied with the taxi and for-hire vehicle fees enacted in Albany's new budget.

Brian Kavanagh on Albany Congestion Pricing Inaction: “We Need to Do More”

By David Meyer | Apr 5, 2018

State Senator Brian Kavanagh isn't satisfied with Albany's budget measures to address traffic congestion and fund transit, which consist of new fees on taxi and Uber trips in the Manhattan core.

Deborah Glick Blames de Blasio for Albany’s Failure to Pass Congestion Pricing

By David Meyer | Apr 5, 2018 | 3 Comments

Glick's constituents lost in the state budget, forking over money without getting the traffic reduction benefits of congestion pricing.

Albany Fails to Expand NYC Speed Camera Program in Budget Deal

By David Meyer | Apr 2, 2018 | 13 Comments

Budget negotiations concluded in Albany at the end of last week without including an expansion of New York City's automated speed enforcement program.

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