<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><font size="4" class="">My client, Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free opposes wants to keep the existing free bridges from Brooklyn and Queens into Manhattan toll-free. </font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: large;" class="">This week we posted three statements (that I also tweeted) pointing out the weaknesses and unpopularity of the bad policy:</span></div>
<p style="line-height: 0.17in" class=""><font face="Times" size="4" class=""><a href="http://keepnycfree.com/media/files/2018-02-15_Q-Poll.pdf" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class=""><font color="#333300" class=""><font class=""><i class=""><u class="">Q-Poll</u></i></font></font></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class=""><font color="#333300" class=""><font class=""><u class="">:
New Yorkers Zone Out Congestion Pricing</u></font></font></span></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class=""><font color="#333300" class=""><font class=""><br class="">
(posted
2018-02-15) (</font></font></span></font><a href="https://twitter.com/Bearak/status/964281123848237056" class=""><font size="4" class="">view</font></a><font face="Times" size="4" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class=""><font color="#333300" class=""><font class=""> tweet)</font></font></span></font></p><p style="line-height: 0.17in" class=""><font face="Times" size="4" class=""><a href="http://keepnycfree.com/media/files/2018-02-13_aka.pdf" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class=""><font color="#333300" class=""><font class=""><i class=""><u class="">Zone
Pricing</u></i></font></font></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class=""><font color="#333300" class=""><font class=""><u class=""> AKA
all-at-once </u></font></font></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class=""><font color="#333300" class=""><font class=""><i class=""><u class="">unsustainable</u></i></font></font></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class=""><font color="#333300" class=""><font class=""><u class="">,
</u></font></font></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class=""><font color="#333300" class=""><font class=""><i class=""><u class="">unfair</u></i></font></font></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class=""><font color="#333300" class=""><font class=""><u class="">,
</u></font></font></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class=""><font color="#333300" class=""><font class=""><i class=""><u class="">nequitable</u></i></font></font></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class=""><font color="#333300" class=""><font class=""><u class=""> & </u></font></font></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class=""><font color="#333300" class=""><font class=""><i class=""><u class="">regressive
</u></i></font></font></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class=""><font color="#333300" class=""><font class=""><u class="">toll-tax
scheme that also fails to ease congestion</u></font></font></span></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class=""><font color="#333300" class=""><font class="">
</font></font></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class=""><font color="#333300" class=""><font class="">on</font></font></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class=""><font color="#333300" class=""><font class="">e
policy idea that fails here in just about every way<br class="">
(posted
2018-02-13) </font></font></span></font><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: large;" class="">(</span><a href="https://twitter.com/Bearak/status/963615295406592000" class=""><font size="4" class="">view</font></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: large;" class=""> tweet)</span></p><p style="line-height: 0.17in" class=""><font face="Times" size="4" class=""><a href="http://keepnycfree.com/media/files/2018-02-02_Orwellian_scheme.pdf" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class=""><font color="#333300" class=""><font class=""><u class="">Congestion
pricing hurts the vulnerable</u></font></font></span></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class=""><font color="#333300" class=""><font class="">;
</font></font></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class=""><font color="#333300" class=""><font class=""><i class="">The
term itself would wow George Orwell with its euphemistic doublespeak
</i></font></font></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class=""><font color="#333300" class=""><font class="">writes
former NYC Aging Commissioner Herb Stupp<br class="">
(</font></font></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class=""><font color="#333300" class=""><font class=""><i class="">Daily
News </i></font></font></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class=""><font color="#333300" class=""><font class="">op-ed
2018-02-12) </font></font></span></font><font size="4" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 0); font-family: Times;" class="">(</span><a href="https://twitter.com/Bearak/status/963165274756263937" class="">view</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 0); font-family: Times;" class=""> tweet)</span></font></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><b class="">The Governor\u2019s 30-day budget </b></font><a href="https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-details-30-day-amendments-fy-2019-executive-budget" class=""><font size="4" class="">amendments</font></a><font size="4" class=""><b class=""> just issued include no mention of tolling, at all.</b></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">Just saying\u2026..</font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
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