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And in related news, remember that 2nd Ave line ground breaking? Apparently the fourth time won’t be the charm.
As the deadline approaches today for Bloomberg to get $500 million from the federal government to implement his congestion pricing plan, Bloomberg made the rounds to three different churches yesterday to preach his plan from the pulpit.
“We’ve got to get some cars and trucks off our streets, and we’ve got to generate money for mass transit,” he said at the Christian Cultural Center in Canarsie, Brooklyn.
The State Senate is expected to vote today on a bill that would enact the congestion pricing plan so the city can apply for $500 million in federal transportation money. The mayor has repeatedly told the Legislature that today is the deadline attached to the money. The Assembly has no session scheduled for today.
Speaking with reporters after his tour, Mr. Bloomberg cast the possibility of missing the deadline in stark tones. He suggested that without the $500 million, New Yorkers would have to “downsize some of our expectations” for projects like the Second Avenue subway line.
Tick tock.
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