Comptroller candidate and City Councilman John Liu, who's also the chair of the transportation committee, has an idea about why the ill-fated East River bridge tolls were under consideration in the first place. According to Liu, it's because “large corporate interests” wanted to kill the idea of a payroll tax. He was speaking at a Read More
Comptroller candidate and City Councilman John Liu, who's also the chair of the transportation committee, has an idea about why the ill-fated East River bridge tolls were under consideration in the first place.
According to Liu, it's because “large corporate interests” wanted to kill the idea of a payroll tax.
He was speaking Read More
The highlight, I think, came nine-and-a-half minutes into the event, when Peter Goldmark, a former head of Read More
Baruch College last night hosted a panel discussion about how to pay for mass transit in New York, addressing, among other things, whether or not to toll the East River bridges which is a rather timely issue. The highlight, I think, came nine-and-a-half minutes into the event, when Peter Goldmark, a former head of the Read More
ALBANY—It's not a great photo (apologies) but that's Kevin Sheekey, Michelle Goldstein and State Senator Andrew Lanza meeting in the Senate Democrats' lobby.
Sheekey said he was up for the day to lobby for more money for New York City in the budget, as well as for action on the M.T.A.'s deficit.
ALBANY—As legislators weigh implementing some or all of the recommendations of the Ravitch Commission--which was convened to find ways to rescue the M.T.A. from it's fiscal crisis-- one state senator says tolling the Harlem River bridges would be regressive.
"I hope that we can make a distinction between the East River and Harlem River. If Read More
It’s interesting because while Squadron opposes tolling East River Bridges, he is in favor of congestion pricing.
Squadron, though a spokesman, Read More
This summer I wrote about the need for increased public subsidies for mass transit and about the importance of keeping transit fares as low as possible. Due to over borrowing for capital improvements during the Pataki administration and the reduction in revenues from the City's real-estate transfer tax, estimates of the size of Read More
