http://allwaysny.com/2008/03/31/city-council-approves-congestion-pricing-what-will-silver-do/ Sat, 07 May 2011 09:51:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://allwaysny.com/2008/03/31/city-council-approves-congestion-pricing-what-will-silver-do/comment-page-1/#comment-1061 AllWaysNY | Blog » Tick, Tick, Tick Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:13:41 +0000 http://allwaysny.com/blog/2008/03/31/city-council-approves-congestion-pricing-what-will-silver-do/#comment-1061 [...] Yesterday several anti-congestion pricing politicians again voiced their opposition to Mayor Bloomberg’s much-pushed plan. City Council Member David Weprin (D-Queens) held a rally at City Hall with Manhattan small-business owners, and attempted to highlight the effect the plan would have on this segment of New York’s economy. At a forum at Xavierian High School in Bay Ridge, City Council Member Tony Avella (D-Queens) also registered his opposition, pleading, “Please don’t do this.” Mayor Bloomberg was at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Brooklyn yesterday to talk about the legacy of Martin Luther King, but he inevitably strayed to the topic congestion pricing. He even posited that Dr. King would be for the plan and said, “We’re honoring his memory by creating an opportunity for New Yorkers that I think Dr. King would’ve wanted us to do.” Bloomberg remains optimistic that his plan will pass, but if it does, it may get some amendments tacked on including: more reviews and studies of the plan’s impact, a three-year trial period instead of a permanent plan, and a provision to strengthen opportunities for women and minority businesses to take part in new transit projects. Then there’s always the question of where Shelly Silver will come down in all of this. [...] [...] Yesterday several anti-congestion pricing politicians again voiced their opposition to Mayor Bloomberg’s much-pushed plan. City Council Member David Weprin (D-Queens) held a rally at City Hall with Manhattan small-business owners, and attempted to highlight the effect the plan would have on this segment of New York’s economy. At a forum at Xavierian High School in Bay Ridge, City Council Member Tony Avella (D-Queens) also registered his opposition, pleading, “Please don’t do this.” Mayor Bloomberg was at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Brooklyn yesterday to talk about the legacy of Martin Luther King, but he inevitably strayed to the topic congestion pricing. He even posited that Dr. King would be for the plan and said, “We’re honoring his memory by creating an opportunity for New Yorkers that I think Dr. King would’ve wanted us to do.” Bloomberg remains optimistic that his plan will pass, but if it does, it may get some amendments tacked on including: more reviews and studies of the plan’s impact, a three-year trial period instead of a permanent plan, and a provision to strengthen opportunities for women and minority businesses to take part in new transit projects. Then there’s always the question of where Shelly Silver will come down in all of this. [...]

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