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Article: Quinn Sells Congestion Pricing With Outrage Over M.T.A.
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- The New York Observer (New York, NY)
- Article date:
- March 26, 2008
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At a press conference just now in City Hall, a reporter asked Christine Quinn if the M.T.A.'s postponement of promised service improvements impacts the chances of getting City Council members to vote for congestion pricing.
Quinn, a major supporter of the mayor's plan for traffic reduction, said, "I think it is outrageous that a fair increase which I opposed was put in place with a commitment for program enhancements, that a speech was given where program enhancements were touted, and then seemingly, weeks later, that all vanished."
Standing next to Bill de Blasio, who is undecided on congestion pricing, Quinn went on to say, "To me, this is a strong reason why we ...