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Cuomo: Congestion Pricing an Idea “Whose Time Has Come” (NYT) NYPD Hands Truck Driver Who Killed Neftaly Ramirez a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card (Gothamist, News) MTA Bus Service Gets an F on Its Report Card; DOT’s Efforts Don’t Score Much Higher (News) Did Cuomo’s Subway Track Tour Delay Riders? (NBC) Meet Cuomo’s Pick to Lead Port Authority, […]

Unlicensed Driver Kills Man, 36, Crossing Seagirt Boulevard in Far Rockaway (News) VC-Funded Bike-Share Outfit Spin Prepping for Rogue Launch in NYC Next Week (Post) Andrew Cuomo Has Refined the Craft of Appearing to Do Something About the Subways (Post) Congestion Pricing Works Wonders. Why Doesn’t New York Have It? (NYT) Man on Tracks Delayed […]

Good News: Cuomo’s in Charge of the Subway and Its Electrical Systems This Week (NYT, News, Post) DiNapoli Weighs in on Millionaires Tax — Still Hasn’t Piped Up About Cuomo Infrastructure Waste (News) City Council Approves Midtown East Rezoning and Transit/Pedestrian Enhancements (NYT) De Blasio: People Arrested for Turnstile Jumping Can Afford the Fare (Gothamist) […]

How Much Has the MTA Already Spent on Cuomo’s Bridge Light Show? (Politico, News) NYPD and Action Carting Still Haven’t IDed Hit-and-Run Truck Driver Who Killed Neftaly Ramirez (Bklyn Paper) Times: Raise Revenue for the MTA, But It Will Take More Than Money to Fix Transit in NYC More Coverage of Yesterday’s City Council Hearing […]

De Blasio’s Millionaires Tax as Political Stagecraft (NYT) More Millionaires Tax News and Reactions (Politico; News 1, 2; Post 1, 2; WSJ; Crain’s; AMNY; NY1) Lhota: “Congestion Pricing Is Something That Needs to Be Considered” (AMNY) Bullshit Talking Points Against Congestion Pricing From the Mayor and NYC Reps in Albany (NY1) If Lhota Was Really Independent, He’d […]

De Blasio: Fund MTA With Millionaires Tax (NYT, WNYC) Which Is More Likely to Pass in Albany – Taxing the Rich or Toll Reform? (Crain’s) Every Day, a Lot of Scheduled Subway Runs Never Happen (NYT) Gelinas: Best New MTA Execs Can Do Is Limit Damage From Cuomo’s Malfeasance (Post) Jim Brennan: Cuomo’s Been Lying […]