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NY City Council Passes Congestion Pricing!

April 2, 2008

Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy

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bloomberg, congestion, congestionpricing, dailypolitics, elizabethbenjamin, newyorkcity, quinn, trafficcongestion, transit, transportation

On Monday, the New York City Council passed, by a margin of 30-20, the congestion pricing bill, kicking off an intense week of lobbying for its passage in Albany.This was a huge victory for Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council...continued→

Gov. Paterson supports congestion pricing!

March 21, 2008

Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy

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congestion, congestionpricing, crains, dailypolitics, governorpaterson, newyorkcity, NYC

Awesome news! Governor David A. Paterson just announced that he’s presenting a program bill to the New York State Legislature to implement congestion pricing in the City.   Here’s what Governor Paterson said: “Congestion pricing addresses two urgent concerns of the residents...continued→

Rich Kassel
Rich Kassel
Senior Attorney and Director, Clean Fuels and Vehicles Project
New York City
I came to NRDC in 1991 on a three-year grant, and never left.  Over the...
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