Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about David Paterson

Pricing Bill Appears in Albany; Bloomberg and Paterson Meet

By Brad Aaron | Mar 19, 2008 | 3 Comments

From The Daily Politics: While members of the City Council haven’t seen it, a congestion pricing bill drafted by the Bloomberg administration has popped up in Albany over the last 24 hours, although it does not yet have a sponsor and hasn’t been introduced. Here is a PDF of the 41-page bill (caution: it’s a […]

More Mixed Signals on Pricing’s Chances Under Paterson

By Brad Aaron | Mar 17, 2008 | 5 Comments

"Today is Monday. There is work to be done." So said David Paterson, who was sworn in as New York’s 55th governor just after 1:00 this afternoon. Two Mondays from now, the City Council and state Legislature will need to have adopted a congestion pricing plan if the city is to receive $354 million […]

Paterson: “We’re Taking a Look” at Pricing

By Brad Aaron | Mar 13, 2008 | 3 Comments

David Paterson held his first press conference as governor-in-waiting this afternoon, holding forth to a Red Room described by Elizabeth Benjamin of the Daily News as "more crowded than I have ever seen it in the almost 10 years I’ve been covering Albany." Self-deprecating and genuinely funny, Paterson fielded questions on the budget, campaign finance […]