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Bloomberg-Fatigue May Dampen PlaNYC Support in the Bronx
We've heard plenty of congestion pricing complaints (and some kudos, too) from the Bronx, but what about the rest of PlaNYC? City Limits reports on a recent community summit where Bronxites said they are unhappy with how the Bloomberg administration composed its legislative centerpiece, among them some who might ordinarily support pricing but are put off by what they see as PlaNYC's top-down execution.
November 8, 2007
Hell’s Kitchen Parking Plan Continues to Confound
The Daily News has picked up on the city's court battle to bring some 20,000 new parking spaces to the far West Side, a plan that -- along with at least one or two other notorious examples -- is directly at odds with the Bloomberg administration's ambitious environmental agenda.
November 6, 2007
Bloomberg Declares Support for a National Carbon Tax
New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will
declare his support today for a national carbon tax, according to a
report posted this morning on the New York Times City Room blog by
metro reporter Sewell Chan:
November 2, 2007
Bloomberg Visits the Bronx. Dinowitz Anti-Pricing Rally Fizzles.
Mayor Bloomberg and city agency commissioners answered questions in Riverdale last night.
October 31, 2007
Congestion Pricing Gets a Warm Reception in Manhattan
Hundreds of Manhattanites braved an indoor congestion zone Thursday night, struggling to find a seat before the New York City Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission hearing. The packed forum attracted hundreds of spectators, leaving balcony-only seating in the Hunter College auditorium.
October 26, 2007
Bloomberg Says What You’re Thinking
Perhaps getting tired of seeing his PlaNYC centerpiece attacked by lawmakers from outside the city, Mayor Bloomberg had some frank remarks for congestion pricing critic Assemblyman Richard Brodsky on the radio today.
October 26, 2007
State Opposes City Plan for Hell’s Kitchen Parking
In June we reported on the city's effort to bring some 20,000 additional parking spaces to the Hudson Yards area on the far West Side, via a rezoning provision adopted in 2005. Though it's a remnant of the failed stadium plan, the Bloomberg administration nonetheless intends to hold on the parking component, going so far as to defend itself against a related lawsuit by claiming that the city's carbon monoxide levels are declining. (Not surprisingly, neighborhood folk aren't taking the city's word for it.)
October 24, 2007