Why is Cuomo Messing with the Gateway Project?
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The Big Dog thinks he knows the best plan for an essential, but long-stalled, rail project. What is he doing?
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Charles Schumer
Schumer Pushes Electric Cars — Here’s Why He’s Wrong
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Message to the senior senator from New York: Electric cars are still cars — and they still suck.
Democrats Can’t Fight Trump and Make a Deal on Infrastructure at the Same Time
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Chuck Schumer says he will "claw, scrap, and fight with every fiber of my being" to overturn Donald Trump's executive order preventing refugees and residents of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the country. If that's the case, Schumer should abandon his strategy of dealmaking with Trump on a big infrastructure bill.
Steve Bannon Would Love to Team Up With Chuck Schumer on Infrastructure
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Trump advisor Steve Bannon's comments to the Hollywood Reporter about infrastructure are worth a closer look. It helps explain why Democrats like Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi are making a grave mistake when they line up to help Trump implement this plan.
Chuck Schumer Proposes Making Bike-Share Memberships Tax Deductible
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If you drive to work, the IRS allows you to pay for parking with pre-tax money. Same goes if you take the train or the bus (though transit commuters can’t claim as much tax-free earnings as car commuters). People who ride their own bikes are also eligible to deduct some associated costs. But if you […]
Schumer Amendment: Make Transit Tax Benefit Equal to Parking Benefit
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The last piece of the Senate’s two-year transportation reauthorization proposal will be marked up by the Finance Committee tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. The committee was tasked with finding approximately $12 billion to bridge the projected shortfall of the Highway Trust Fund over the life of the bill. So far, according to a summary released by Chairman […]