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Article: Mayor rallies for congestion pricing support.
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- Real Estate Weekly
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- July 11, 2007
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg rallied for congestion pricing on Monday, a week before a federal grant that would provide the plan with up to $500 million is set to expire and amid uncertainty whether legislators will approve the measure, which will charge drivers to enter Manhattan's central business district.
"New York has a plan to end traffic gridlock that clogs our streets, that pollutes our air, that ratchets up global warming and that drains jobs and opportunity out of our economy," Bloomberg said, speaking at a New York Building Congress luncheon downtown. "I'm asking you and all concerned New Yorkers to urge our state leaders to put their differences aside and ...