For Now, Silver Jams Congestion Pricing's Path

if "they stayed home" nyc would cease to exist as we know it since that would imply all the business also left.

Actually, a lot of the asthma rates in the city have been tied not to cars searching for parking but to neighborhoods near major expressways and gridlocked areas such as the LIE, entrance to the Midtown Tunnel, and the Cross Bronx expressway. Much of that traffic can be tied to people coming into the city. If they stayed home, there would be less pollution in the surrounding neighborhoods and hopefully less asthma.

When Silver is up for reelection how about an ad that says "Sheldon Silver turned down $500 million in federal grant money that could have helped reduce pollution, traffic, and asthma." What a jerk.

hey lieberman is the only senator with a pair of balls, except of course hillary - but she only uses them when she lies. so that means all the time...

The less cars on the streets, the better.

Silver is an old fuck reactionary who only sees things one way - his way. Just another a Lieberman. Can't wait to see him retire and disappear into the sunset.

I hate Silver, but he has some valid points. I still wish we would find another state to screw over.

So basically Shelly's not getting a big enough cut of the profits here . While I don't agree with the current comp. of Bloomberg's plan for midtown . We all know that Shelly's not interested in the city as a whole, Just the rich folk me represents ! "At least it's not Joe Bruno this time"

Shelly's got a point.

The places where asthma is the worst is where all those who'll drive about trying to seek parking out of the zone {harlem, south bronx, long island city, parts of brooklyn near the subways, etc.}

Many in the outer boroughs who NEED cars because of the lame public transportation (yeah, chicken and the egg) have spoken up .. saying it's a tax on them ... a whole 'nother bureaucracy will pop up to administer the whole shebang ... people will be lining up by the thousands to get exemptions - you think all the b-s about placards and special license plates is bad, wait until congestion pricing takes hold ...

I guess Silver likes it in Albany...

He'll be "Tar and Feathered" if he shows his face in Manhattan again after this !!

silver is joe bruno - two peas in an infected pod. you can thank the demise of rent control, as well as countless programs to benefit the city upon them. the state wields unbelievable power over the doings of nyc, and we have very little juice to fight back.

silver is a whore of the highest order, just shy of hillary.

i think this is the first time i can say i'm glad he is in office... do what you do best sheldon... screw over the mayor... many are behind you!

can someone explain to me how one guy has so much power to fuck over a place he shouldn't really have much to do with?

Silver doing what he does best. Nothing.

No, Sheldon even hates his tiny district - just as with the repeal of the commuter tax, which cost the city $500M a year in revenue, he will screw his constituents and the city to protect his caucus - he's afraid of suburban Dem assmeblymembers taking a hit from voters if this passes. Notice the Brodsky is against it also.

At least it isn't Joe Bruno.

"for instance, areas outside the congestion pricing zone have high incidence rates of childhood asthma - will their neighborhoods become more polluted with parked cars?"

Pretty sure the parked ones don't cause that much pollution. It's the ones idling in traffic we have to be concerned about.

Sheldon Silver hates NYC (except his tiny district of richies), and he will do anything in his power to fuck us over.