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[Emmy Bengtson @EmmyA2]

@CMCrystalHudson @NYCMayor @NYCParks what can we do about getting the sprinklers on in all city playgrounds? Mt. Prospect kids need 2 splash!

[Sam Mellins @SamMellins]

Donald Trump wants to kill congestion pricing.

Here's how Hochul's pause could let him:

https://t.co/ONVecyuNFJ

[Nolan Hicks @ndhapple]

@turbovax @RossBarkan Also worth noting that the W’burg upzoning was accompanied by major downzonings, including just up the L on the LES. The city’s development capacity did not actually increase. We just funneled all the growth into about three areas, and we were shocked-shocked(!) it didn’t work.

[Jon Orcutt @jonorcutt]

.@GovKathyHochul has apparently never perused a single briefing on congestion pricing, MTA ridership or NYC transportation

[Office of New York City Comptroller Mark Levine @NYCComptroller]

Without congestion pricing, the @mta is left with a $15 billion hole in its Capital Program and insufficient funding for planned expansion, infrastructure upgrades, and other projects.

This decision will hurt all New Yorkers, who deserve a world-class subway system.

[Sam Mellins @SamMellins]

On CNBC @GovKathyHochul says that "major employers in NYC" are "concerned" that congestion pricing will be an economic "setback."

Meanwhile, main business lobby @Partnership4NYC has been vocally supporting congestion pricing and opposing the delay.

https://t.co/oQ0Fam8I60

[Rich Mintz @richmintz]

The last two weeks have really solidified public understanding that if we don’t have the transit we deserve it’s not because the MTA isn’t trying, it’s because its leaders’ attempts to navigate toward a better future are systematically sabotaged from upstate (hi @GovKathyHochul!)

[Austin Celestin @CelestinAustin]

The $15 rate was proposed in November and approved in March. She had four months to recommend changes, but instead waited until now, the worst possible moment to throw everything into the blender.

And she STILL hasn’t even hinted at what the “right price” is she’s so unserious.

[Sam Frizell @Sam_Frizell]

@NYCComptroller @MTA @GovKathyHochul Thank you!

[Sam Frizell @Sam_Frizell]

@RepJerryNadler @GovKathyHochul Thank you!

[Sam Frizell @Sam_Frizell]

@RepDanGoldman @GovKathyHochul From your constituent in Brooklyn, thanks for your statement on this issue -- this is a tough but important position.

[Sam Frizell @Sam_Frizell]

@RepJerryNadler @NRDC @RidersAlliance @TransAlt @NYPIRG @bikenewyork @PubEnterprise @Chekpeds @eta_ny @riseandresistny @greenwatchdogNY @EnvDefenseFund @EvergreenAction @NYC_SafeStreets @MoveNewYork @bdgcongress @OpenPlans @Partnership4NYC @PCACriders @ReinventAlbany @StreetsPAC @NYCEJAlliance Thank you for your leadership!

[Mark D. Levine @MarkLevineNYC]

We have paralyzing levels of traffic in midtown and downtown—slowing emergency response times, harming our climate fight.

We have desperate funding needs in our subways—stations in need of renovations, outdated signaling etc.

How are we going to fix these things now??

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

New York City cannot say no to small businesses, corner stores and dancing. The #CityOfYes for Economic Opportunity plan will bring vibrant main streets back to neighborhoods.

We're all tired of empty storefronts — so let's say YES to filling them! https://t.co/Gp9dwg67HN

[Market Urbanism @MarketUrbanism]

Linda Rosenthal’s district office is at 212-873-6368 and her Albany office is 518-455-5802, if any of you live in her district and are, in fact, worried about the supply of market-rate housing. Phone calls count more, but you can also email her here: https://t.co/SiPAqTz4dC

[Andrew Fine @andrewdfine]

Wow, who would have guessed?!

[Market Urbanism @MarketUrbanism]

New York City has become uniquely hostile to tourists – no more short-term apartment rentals, no new hotels. Tourists are already starting to notice, but I think there’s a lot of room for hotel rates to rise, especially during the next economic boom https://t.co/NKmDObCR0F

[Wendell Pierce @WendellPierce]

The great jazz legend Pharoah Sanders has left this earth. Singular, unique, creative, avant-garde, independent man. Never will I forget, on my 21st birthday I saw him live in NY at 7th Ave. South. It made an indelible impact on my soul. Rest In Peace.

[Sam Frizell @Sam_Frizell]

@leahfrombklyn Maybe this is the kind of question that would be useful to ask of an economist