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Some Perspective on the Senate Majority’s Rhetoric

March 27th, 2008 · No Comments

I think it’s worth highlighting the following apparent contradiction from the Senate Majority, which supports Bloomberg’s Congestion Tax.  Below is from a Senate press release promising to reject one of former Governor Spitzer’s proposed tax increases on cars.  Hopefully, there will be enough members of the Senate Majority who will realize that they will jeopardize […]

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The Tax Bill Appears At Last

March 27th, 2008 · No Comments

At Monday’s City Council hearings, the news was out that Governor Paterson finally introduced legislation to implement the Congestion Tax, with less than a week for the City and State to make a decision by its own March 31st deadline.
The legislation was subsequently sponsored in the State Senate by Majority Leader Joseph Bruno and just […]

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Civic Center Residents Coalition Finds Issues with DOT Placard Study

March 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Civic Center Residents Coalition Opposes Mayor Bloomberg’s Congestion Pricing Plan
Recently Released DOT Placard Parking Survey Backs Lower Manhattan Residents’ Claims that Bloomberg’s Congestion Pricing Plan Will Not Work
The Civic Center Residents Coalition, an alliance of Lower Manhattan residential complexes and small business owners formed after 9/11, has long been calling attention to the impact of […]

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Tags: Congestion Tax - Traffic Congestion