Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Carl Heastie

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie: Good on Street Safety, Iffy on Transit

By Brad Aaron | Feb 3, 2015 | 6 Comments

For the first time in two decades, the New York State Assembly has a new speaker. Assembly Democrats elected Carl Heastie of the Bronx to succeed longtime speaker Sheldon Silver, a week after Silver was indicted on federal corruption charges. Until a few days ago, Heastie wasn’t all that well-known outside the Bronx, where he […]

Twenty-One NYC Reps Back Brodsky’s Student Fare Falsehood

By Noah Kazis | Feb 22, 2010 | 15 Comments

On Friday we noted that Assembly Member Richard Brodsky’s latest anti-transit argument — that "the actual cost of free and discounted student fares is close to zero" — doesn’t hold water. A letter from Brodsky addressed to MTA CEO Jay Walder calls for reinstating student MetroCards, laying blame for the program’s potential elimination at the […]

Toll-Free Bridges Already “Tough” on South Bronx and Upper Manhattan

By Brad Aaron | Dec 12, 2008 | 26 Comments

The red lines show southbound routes through the South Bronx via the "free" Third Ave. Bridge and the tolled Triborough. The blue line charts the toll-free northbound route from the FDR across the Willis Avenue Bridge. All the gnashing of teeth over East River bridge tolls has for the most part drowned out discussion of […]