Brodsky named to congestion-pricing panel
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has appointed Westchester Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, D-Greenburgh, to serve as one of his appointees on the 17-member panel that will study how to implement New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s congestion pricing plan. Brodsky has been an outspoken critic of Bloomberg’s proposal to charge drivers tolls to enter or exit much of Manhattan during peak periods.
The panel is made up of members named by the governor, mayor of New York City, Assembly and Senate majority and minority leaders, and city council president.
(Added:) Sara Kugler of the Associated Press does the math and says 10 of 17 members are on record in support of the Bloomberg plan.
The full list follows:
Bloomberg’s appointees are Gene Russianoff from the New York Public Interest Research Group and the Straphangers Campaign; New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Kahn and civil rights attorney and Executive Director of UPROSE Elizabeth Yeampierre.
Spitzer’s appointments are former First Deputy Mayor Marc Shaw, who will serve as the commission’s head; Port Authority Executive Director Anthony Shorris; and Metropolitan Transportation Commission Executive Director and CEO Elliot “Leeâ€? Sander.
In addition to Brodsky, Silver appointed Assemblyman Herman “Denny� Farrell, Jr. and Assemblywoman Vivian E. Cook.
Bruno’s picks are New York City Central Labor Council President Gary LaBarbera; SUNY Chairman Thomas F. Egan and Nassau County Council Chamber of Commerce President Richard Bivone. Egan is a managing director at Citigroup Global Markets in New York City and once served on the Port Chester Village Planning Commission.
Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith appointed Gerard Romski, counsel and project director of Arverne By the Sea, a development in Queens. Assembly Minority Leader Jim Tedisco appointed Environmental Defense New York Regional Director Andy Darrell.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn picked Drum Major Institute Executive Director Andrea Batista Schlesinger; Greater Allen Cathedral CFO Edwin Reed and Partnership for New York City President and CEO Kathryn Wylde.
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