Nine Bklyn Councilmembers Vote Against Congest Fee
Yesterday the City Council voted in favor of congestion pricing “by an unusually slim margin,” according to the Times. Nay votes from many Brooklyn and Queens Councilmembers contributed to that 30-20 outcome, per a pdf sent out by the Queens Civic Congress (reprinted on the jump). Seven Brooklyn councilmembers—Simcha Felder, Sara M. Gonzalez, Letitia James,…
Yesterday the City Council voted in favor of congestion pricing “by an unusually slim margin,” according to the Times. Nay votes from many Brooklyn and Queens Councilmembers contributed to that 30-20 outcome, per a pdf sent out by the Queens Civic Congress (reprinted on the jump). Seven Brooklyn councilmembers—Simcha Felder, Sara M. Gonzalez, Letitia James, Domenic M. Recchia, Kendall Stewart, Albert Vann, and David Yassky—voted for the plan. On the other hand nine Brooklyn councilmembers voted against congestion pricing: Diana Reyna, Charles Barron, Bill de Blasio, Erik Martin Dilan, Mathieu Eugene, Lewis A. Fidler, Vincent J. Gentile, Darlene Mealy, and Michael C. Nelson. The Brooklyn no-ways were second only to the number from Queens; our Long Island neighbor had 10 councilmembers voting against the proposal, which now heads to Albany for approval.
City Council Approves Fee to Drive Below 60th [NY Times]
Congestion Pricing Passes Council, Brooklyn Vote 9-7 Against [Gowanus Lounge]
Photo by wka.
Who voted for the Congestion Tax (30)
Y – Eric N. Gioia, 26, Queens, Democrat
Y – John C. Liu, 20, Queens, Democrat
Y – Hiram Monserrate, 21, Queens, Democrat
Y – James Sanders, Jr., 31, Queens, Democrat
Y – Thomas White, Jr. 28, Queens, Democrat
Y – Maria del Carmen Arroyo, 17, Bronx, Democrat
Y – Maria Baez, 14, Bronx, Democrat
Y – Gale A. Brewer, 6, Manhattan, Democrat
Y – Inez E. Dickens, 9, Manhattan, Democrat
Y – Simcha Felder, 44, Brooklyn, Democrat
Y – Daniel R. Garodnick, 4, Manhattan, Democrat
Y – Alan J. Gerson, 1, Manhattan, Democrat
Y – Sara M. Gonzalez, 38, Brooklyn, Democrat
Y – Robert Jackson, 7, Manhattan, Democrat
Y – Letitia James, 35, Brooklyn, Working Families
Y – G. Oliver Koppell, 11, Bronx, Democrat
Y – Jessica S. Lappin, 5 Manhattan, Democrat
Y – Melissa Mark-Viverito, 8, Manhattan, Democrat
Y – Miguel Martinez, 10, Manhattan, Democrat
Y – Michael E. McMahon, 49 Staten Island, Democrat
Y – Rosie Mendez, 2, Manhattan, Democrat
Y – Annabel Palma, 18, Bronx, Democrat
Y – Christine C. Quinn, 3, Manhattan, Democrat
Y – Domenic M. Recchia, Jr., 47, Brooklyn, Democrat
Y – Joel Rivera, 15, Bronx, Democrat
Y – Larry B. Seabrook, 12, Bronx, Democrat
Y – Kendall Stewart, 45, Brooklyn, Democrat
Y – James Vacca, 13, Bronx, Democrat
Y – Albert Vann, 36, Brooklyn, Democrat
Y – David Yassky 33, Brooklyn, Democrat
ABSENT
Helen D. Foster, 16, Bronx, Democrat
Who voted AGAINST the Congestion Tax
N – Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr., 32, Queens, Democrat
N – Tony Avella, 19, Queens, Democrat
N – Leroy G. Comrie, Jr., 27, Queens, Democrat
N – Dennis P. Gallagher, 30, Queens, Republican
N – James F. Gennaro, 24, Queens, Democrat
N – Melinda R. Katz, 29, Queens, Democrat
N – Diana Reyna, 34, Brooklyn/Queens, Democrat
N – Helen Sears, 25, Queens, Democrat
N – Peter F. Vallone Jr., 22, Queens, Democrat
N – David I. Weprin, 23, Queens, Democrat
N – Charles Barron, 42, Brooklyn, Democrat
N – Bill de Blasio, 39, Brooklyn, Democrat
N – Erik Martin Dilan, 37, Brooklyn, Democrat
N – Mathieu Eugene, 40, Brooklyn, Democrat
N – Lewis A. Fidler, 46, Brooklyn, Democrat
N – Vincent J. Gentile, 43, Brooklyn, Democrat
N – Vincent Ignizio, 51, Staten Island, Republican
N – Darlene Mealy, 41, Brooklyn, Democrat
N – Michael C. Nelson, 48, Brooklyn, Democrat
N – James S. Oddo, 50, Staten Island, Republican
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9:46. I hear you. Every time I watch two empty V trains (always the newer cars) roll by, only to squeeze on a crowded F (often the old, loud rickety bench-type cars) for my ride home to Brooklyn I curse the idiots that schedule the trains. It seems that if they simply ran every other V (if not all) to Bergen Street, they could even out the traffic a bit–until they finish the viaduct and could run the V all the way to Ft. Hamilton Parkway or farther.
Earmarked for mass transit? Lol…there’s no way that’s going to happen.
Deblasio needs to be stoped. Clean air is not good? come on
Fees are OK as long as the revenue is earmarked for mass transit.
What’s puzzling is why are some so opposed to residential permits? Just because their visiting friends would have to pay for parking once in a while?
no Biff I don’t think you were but you had the same posting time as the original comment from the faded type spammer…that’s why I apologized to you
it looks as though Mr. B is working to take them down but it also looks like the get reposted in even longer length
sorry for the confusion…it also seems that Mr. B is getting anything with the mention of “faded type” removed…which is OK with me but looks like your great “PRICELESS” comment is gone
I am looking forward to it be raised higher – 12, 18. And no to neighborhood permits.
–a revenue producer to fund a progressive and vital service that is universally used and woefully underfunded and held captive by upstate interests that have no use for downstate mass transit. Wake up. Take some ownership and responsibility for the mass transit you use, so when the service sucks you can demand accountability. A recent study said that nearly half of daytime parking in Brownstone Brooklyn is already used as a parking lot for commuters to Manhattan.
Demand more mass transit. Not less. Demand more weekend and night time (off peak) service. Make residential parking permits part of the plan to discourage even more inundations to our communities of parkers that spend no time or money in our hood. Stop Ratner from tearing down Phase 2 area buildings for thousands of parking spaces that will be a true blight and an environmental catastrophe for dozens of years to come.
Excellent Biff. It looks like Mr. B is trying to get it blocked but this is surely a case of a real spammer at this stage.