FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Chad Marlow: (212) 584-6151 [W]; (646) 279-4481 [C]
New York, New York – March 21, 2008: With the New York City Council posed to vote on congestion pricing on Monday, March 24th, the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (“DMI”), a New York-based think tank dedicated to promoting the interests of current and aspiring middle class Americans, once again reminded the Council that “standing up for congestion pricing and standing for the interests of average, hard working New Yorkers are one and the same.”
Last year, DMI issued a report entitled “Congestion Pricing: Good Policy For New York’s Middle Class,” which concluded congestion pricing would greatly benefit current and aspiring middle-class New Yorkers in a multitude of important ways. After Mayor Bloomberg’s original plan was revised by the New York City Traffic Mitigation Commission, of which DMI Executive Director Andrea Batista Schlesinger was a member, Ms. Schlesinger said, “I am delighted with the results of the Commission’s work. What started out as an excellent plan has evolved into something even better. Literally millions of average New Yorkers will benefit significantly from the adoption of congestion pricing. It would be a tragedy for the City and State not to pass it.”
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