Comments on: Queens Pols Rally to Keep Using Gioia’s District as Their Doormat

By: Heffron

Heffron — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:51:14 +0000

Weprin and Avella were the only two elected officials to show up. Weprin suggested to one of the TA Queens Committee volunteers that she was being paid by Bloomberg, which I can assure you is not the case, we are all unpaid volunteers for TA. And with the money he takes from parking garages, he really shouldn't be accusing anyone.

By: rlb

rlb — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:00:28 +0000

Gioia was listed as opposed to pricing in that poll the Times released a couple weeks ago. Has his position changed?

By: jacknyc

jacknyc — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:01:54 +0000

CONGESTION PRICING IS DOA IN THE COUNCIL... THE RECENT MTA CUTBACK ON ALREADY COMMITTED IMPROVEMENTS TOOK AWAY ANY PROMISES THAT ARE GIVEN TO COUNCIL MEMBERS!

By: Lew from Brooklyn

Lew from Brooklyn — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:39:08 +0000

Pricing might pass the concil guys, but DEFINITELY is not a word I would use, especially since rioght now there are 30 votes against it.
Lew from Brooklyn

By: Ultimate Insider

Ultimate Insider — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:03:41 +0000

I'm sorry to tell you, Edward, that you've got no idea what you're talking about. Pricing definitely passes Council. And Albany is looking pretty good as well.

By: Felix

Felix — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:52:46 +0000

Gore's boy is afraid to take a stand against global warming?

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:43:03 +0000

Im sorry to tell you guys this, but there no way congestion pricing is gonna happen. The votes arent there in the council or in albany. Sorry.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:14:52 +0000

Geck, some suburban commuters do use mass transit -- my parents' home in NJ is 90 minutes from Port Authority by bus. If I still lived there, I'd probably want to see some CP revenues shared with NJ Transit to reduce the cost of my commute. CP boosters may have missed the bus, so to speak, in failing to seek support from suburban commuters who uses buses and trains. There are lots of them!

By: Roboto

Roboto — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:12:17 +0000

Will there be any robots besides Weprin there? The press release promises a private viewing when the parking garage owners recharges his batteries with large doses of hundred dollar bills.

By: Geck

Geck — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:06:12 +0000

Even in the car commuting districts out east, I am sure it is still a small minority who actually drive into the CBD and a majority who would benefit from improved mass-transit and a cleaner less congested City. Even if they went on pure self-interest, what are those Pol's thinking?

By: mike

mike — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:02:57 +0000

oh geez, that's pretty funny. I'm sure they'll be cheering, "We WANT this traffic! No to express buses!"

By: ddartley

ddartley — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:40:46 +0000

They'll be waving "We [heart] Asthma!" signs as they stand in front of the subsidized housing in Queensbridge, I suppose?